英语词汇“dependent”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

nadj

Being dependent means relying on something. Many people are dependent on coffee in the morning, while a dependent is someone who relies on you for financial support. In grammar-land, a dependent clause can’t stand alone because it’s a fragment.

Dependent comes from pendant, the French word for "hanging.” If you break your leg, you will be dependent, or hanging, on crutches to get around. Kids are dependents of their parents, since they rely on them for food and shelter. A drug addict is dependent on drugs. And if a decision is dependent on your mood, that means it depends on or will be decided by how you feel.

WORD FAMILY

dependent: dependence, dependency, dependently, dependents, independent+/depend: dependable, dependant, depended, dependent, depending, depends, interdepend/dependable: dependability, dependableness, dependably, undependable/dependant: dependants/dependence: dependences/dependency: dependencies/independence: independences/independency: independencies/independent: independence, independency, independently, independents/interdepend: interdependent/interdependence: interdependences/interdependency: interdependencies/interdependent: interdependence, interdependency, interdependently/undependable: undependability, undependableness

USAGE EXAMPLES

Metabolic activity is dependent on oxygen delivery to the tissues of the body.

Washington Post(Dec 29, 2016)

The defense is too dependent on Clay Matthews to generate a pass rush, so when he’s not 100% the drop-off is significant.

Los Angeles Times(Dec 29, 2016)

Coburn attributes that to a broken system abused by those who don’t truly deserve it, yet grow dependent on government benefits.

Seattle Times(Dec 29, 2016)

1n a person who relies on another person for support (especially financial support)

Syn|Hypo|Hyper

dependant

charge

a person committed to your care

minion

a servile or fawning dependant

receiver, recipient

a person who receives something

2adj contingent on something else

Syn

dependant, qualified
conditional

imposing or depending on or containing a condition

3adj relying on or requiring a person or thing for support, supply, or what is needed

dependent children
dependent on moisture

Syn|Ant

babelike

like a baby especially in dependence

helpless

unable to manage independently

interdependent, mutualist, mutually beneficial

mutually dependent

myrmecophilous

living symbiotically with ants

bloodsucking, leechlike, parasitic, parasitical

of plants or persons; having the nature or habits of a parasite or leech; living off another

reliant

relying on another for support

symbiotic

used of organisms (especially of different species) living together but not necessarily in a relation beneficial to each

underage

dependent by virtue of youth

unfree

hampered and not free; not able to act at will

independent

free from external control and constraint

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

autonomous

existing as an independent entity

breakaway, fissiparous, separatist

having 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, nonsymbiotic

not parasitic on another organism

indie

(of pop groups) not affiliated with a major recording company

case-by-case, individual, item-by-item

separate and distinct from others of the same kind

self-sufficient, self-sufficing, self-sustaining

able to provide for your own needs without help from others

self-supporting

financially independent

single-handed

without help from others

strong-minded

marked by vigorous independence of thought and judgment

unaffiliated

not affiliated

unconditional

not contingent; not determined or influenced by someone or something else

free

able to act at will; not hampered; not under compulsion or restraint

separate

independent; not united or joint

4adj held from above

Syn

pendant, pendent
supported

held up or having the weight borne especially from below

5adj being under the power or sovereignty of another or others

a dependent prince

Syn

subject
subordinate

subject or submissive to authority or the control of another

6adj addicted to a drug

Syn

dependant, drug-addicted, hooked, strung-out
addicted

compulsively or physiologically dependent on something habit-forming

7adj (of a clause) unable to stand alone syntactically as a complete sentence

a subordinate (or dependent) clause functions as a noun or adjective or adverb within a sentence

Syn|Ant

subordinate

independent, main

(of a clause) capable of standing syntactically alone as a complete sentence

单词	dependent
释义	dependent (once / 59 pages) nadj Being dependent means relying on something. Many people are dependent on coffee in the morning, while a dependent is someone who relies on you for financial support. In grammar-land, a dependent clause can’t stand alone because it’s a fragment. Dependent comes from pendant, the French word for "hanging.” If you break your leg, you will be dependent, or hanging, on crutches to get around. Kids are dependents of their parents, since they rely on them for food and shelter. A drug addict is dependent on drugs. And if a decision is dependent on your mood, that means it depends on or will be decided by how you feel. WORD FAMILY dependent: dependence, dependency, dependently, dependents, independent+/depend: dependable, dependant, depended, dependent, depending, depends, interdepend/dependable: dependability, dependableness, dependably, undependable/dependant: dependants/dependence: dependences/dependency: dependencies/independence: independences/independency: independencies/independent: independence, independency, independently, independents/interdepend: interdependent/interdependence: interdependences/interdependency: interdependencies/interdependent: interdependence, interdependency, interdependently/undependable: undependability, undependableness USAGE EXAMPLES Metabolic activity is dependent on oxygen delivery to the tissues of the body. Washington Post(Dec 29, 2016) The defense is too dependent on Clay Matthews to generate a pass rush, so when he’s not 100% the drop-off is significant. Los Angeles Times(Dec 29, 2016) Coburn attributes that to a broken system abused by those who don’t truly deserve it, yet grow dependent on government benefits. Seattle Times(Dec 29, 2016) 1n a person who relies on another person for support (especially financial support) Syn\|Hypo\|Hyper dependant charge a person committed to your care minion a servile or fawning dependant receiver, recipient a person who receives something 2adj contingent on something else Syn dependant, qualified conditional imposing or depending on or containing a condition 3adj relying on or requiring a person or thing for support, supply, or what is needed dependent children dependent on moisture Syn\|Ant babelike like a baby especially in dependence helpless unable to manage independently interdependent, mutualist, mutually beneficial mutually dependent myrmecophilous living symbiotically with ants bloodsucking, leechlike, parasitic, parasitical of plants or persons; having the nature or habits of a parasite or leech; living off another reliant relying on another for support symbiotic used of organisms (especially of different species) living together but not necessarily in a relation beneficial to each underage dependent by virtue of youth unfree hampered and not free; not able to act at will independent free from external control and constraint 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 autonomous existing as an independent entity breakaway, fissiparous, separatist having 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, nonsymbiotic not parasitic on another organism indie (of pop groups) not affiliated with a major recording company case-by-case, individual, item-by-item separate and distinct from others of the same kind self-sufficient, self-sufficing, self-sustaining able to provide for your own needs without help from others self-supporting financially independent single-handed without help from others strong-minded marked by vigorous independence of thought and judgment unaffiliated not affiliated unconditional not contingent; not determined or influenced by someone or something else free able to act at will; not hampered; not under compulsion or restraint separate independent; not united or joint 4adj held from above Syn pendant, pendent supported held up or having the weight borne especially from below 5adj being under the power or sovereignty of another or others a dependent prince Syn subject subordinate subject or submissive to authority or the control of another 6adj addicted to a drug Syn dependant, drug-addicted, hooked, strung-out addicted compulsively or physiologically dependent on something habit-forming 7adj (of a clause) unable to stand alone syntactically as a complete sentence a subordinate (or dependent) clause functions as a noun or adjective or adverb within a sentence Syn\|Ant subordinate independent, main (of a clause) capable of standing syntactically alone as a complete sentence
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