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 FAMILYdependent: 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 EXAMPLESMetabolic 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 miniona 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 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 independent free from external control and constraint autarkic, autarkicalof 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 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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