| 单词 | dependence |
| 释义 | dependence /di pen"deuhns/, n. 1. the state of relying on or needing someone or something for aid, support, or the like. 2. reliance; confidence; trust: Her complete reliability earned her our dependence. 3. an object of reliance or trust. 4. the state of being conditional or contingent on something, as through a natural or logical sequence: the dependence of an effect upon a cause. 5. the state of being psychologically or physiologically dependent on a drug after a prolonged period of use. 6. subordination or subjection: the dependence of Martinique upon France. Also, dependance. [1400-50; late ME dependaunce < OF dependance, equiv. to depend(re) (see DEPEND) + -ance -ENCE] |
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