单词 | dependance |
释义 | dependance (once / 25202 pages) n WORD FAMILY dependance: dependances USAGE EXAMPLESHarnessing a free power source can help save money on the electric bill while ever-so-slightly decreasing the world's dependance on greenhouse-gas-producing fossil fuels. The Verge(Aug 17, 2015) Twitter, and my dependance on it, is part of the narrative of my new book. New York Times(May 22, 2012) He has obliged her to give up all her jointure, so she has now no dependance. Cavendish, Georgiana, The Sylph, Volume I and II(2012) 1n the state of relying on or being controlled by someone or something else Syn|Hypo|Hyper dependence, dependency helplessness the state of needing help from something reliancethe state of relying on something subordinationthe state of being subordinate to something contingencythe state of being contingent on something state the way something is with respect to its main attributes 2n being abnormally tolerant to and dependent on something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming (especially alcohol or narcotic drugs) Syn|Hypo|Hyper addiction, dependence, dependency, habituation drug addiction, white plague an addiction to a drug (especially a narcotic drug) alcohol addiction, alcoholism, drunkenness, inebriationhabitual intoxication; prolonged and excessive intake of alcoholic drinks leading to a breakdown in health and an addiction to alcohol such that abrupt deprivation leads to severe withdrawal symptoms cocaine addictionan addiction to cocaine heroin addictionan addiction to heroin caffein addictionan addiction to caffein nicotine addictionan addiction to nicotine physical condition, physiological condition, physiological state the condition or state of the body or bodily functions |
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