| 单词 | independent |
| 释义 | independent (once / 82 pages) 1adjn 2adj If your brother says you broke his guitar and you say you weren't anywhere near it, your parents may ask your sister for an independent opinion, as she has no reason to lie. An independent person is free from the control or influence of other people. The root word, depend, originally meant "to hang down." We use the word hang in a similar way. If the decision to build a new stadium hangs on funding, the decision won't be made till the money comes in. To be independent means that you don't depend on your parents to pay your bills. Or, for a three year old, it may mean going to the bathroom "all by yourself." It's all relative. WORD FAMILYindependent: independence, independency, independently, independents+/depend: dependable, dependant, depended, dependent, depending, depends, interdepend/dependable: dependability, dependableness, dependably, undependable/dependant: dependants/dependence: dependences/dependency: dependencies/dependent: dependence, dependency, dependently, dependents, independent/independence: independences/independency: independencies/interdepend: interdependent/interdependence: interdependences/interdependency: interdependencies/interdependent: interdependence, interdependency, interdependently/undependable: undependability, undependableness USAGE EXAMPLESAnother “cadet,” Sergey Smirnov, an independent businessman and blogger from the Ural Mountains city of Chelyabinsk, expressed even less interest in politics. Washington Post(Jan 02, 2017) He subsequently started an independent insurance business and sells insurance today. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) “I think we created something new, something of a twist on horror movies on the independent scale that we haven’t seen yet.” Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) 1 1adj free from external control and constraint an independent mind a series of independent judgments fiercely independent individualism Syn|Ant autarkic, autarkical of countries; not relying on imports autonomous, self-directed, self-reliant(of persons) free from external control and constraint in e.g. action and judgment autonomousexisting as an independent entity breakaway, fissiparous, separatisthaving separated or advocating separation from another entity or policy or attitude commutative(of a binary operation) independent of order; as in e.g. "a x b = b x a" free-living, nonparasitic, nonsymbioticnot parasitic on another organism indie(of pop groups) not affiliated with a major recording company case-by-case, individual, item-by-itemseparate and distinct from others of the same kind self-sufficient, self-sufficing, self-sustainingable to provide for your own needs without help from others self-supportingfinancially independent single-handedwithout help from others strong-mindedmarked by vigorous independence of thought and judgment unaffiliatednot affiliated unconditionalnot contingent; not determined or influenced by someone or something else freeable to act at will; not hampered; not under compulsion or restraint separateindependent; not united or joint dependent relying on or requiring a person or thing for support, supply, or what is needed babelikelike a baby especially in dependence helplessunable to manage independently interdependent, mutualist, mutually beneficialmutually dependent myrmecophilousliving symbiotically with ants bloodsucking, leechlike, parasitic, parasiticalof plants or persons; having the nature or habits of a parasite or leech; living off another reliantrelying on another for support symbioticused of organisms (especially of different species) living together but not necessarily in a relation beneficial to each underagedependent by virtue of youth unfreehampered and not free; not able to act at will 2adj (of political bodies) not controlled by outside forces Syn autonomous, self-governing, sovereign free able to act at will; not hampered; not under compulsion or restraint 3adj not controlled by a party or interest group Syn nonpartisan, nonpartizan free from party affiliation or bias 4n a neutral or uncommitted person (especially in politics) Syn|Hyper fencesitter, mugwump individualist a person who pursues independent thought or action 5n a writer or artist who sells services to different employers without a long-term contract with any of them 2Syn|Hyper free lance, free-lance, freelance, freelancer, self-employed person worker a person who works at a specific occupation adj (of a clause) capable of standing syntactically alone as a complete sentence the main (or independent) clause in a complex sentence has at least a subject and a verb Syn|Ant main dependent, subordinate (of a clause) unable to stand alone syntactically as a complete sentence |
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