dependent

C1 CET-4 Oxf 5000 大学 FREQ #10330

n. 依赖他人者 a. 依赖的, 从属的

发音

US /dɪˈpɛndənt/

词形变化

dependents 复数 dependents more dependent 比较级 most dependent 最高级

别名

dependant

教材释义与例句

名词

依赖他人者;受赡养者

形容词

依靠的;从属的;取决于…的

释义与例句

n. C1
  1. 1.

    A person who relies on another for support or sustenance, particularly financial support.

    扶养者

    美国

    With two children and an ailing mother, she had three dependents in all.

  2. 2.

    An element in phrase or clause structure that is not the head. Includes complements, modifiers and determiners.

    美国 语言学
  3. 3.

    The aorist subjunctive or subjunctive perfective: a form of a verb not used independently but preceded by a particle to form the negative or a tense form. Found in Greek and in the Gaelic languages.

    美国 语言学
  4. 4.

    dependent (origination), in Buddhism, the idea that the existence of everything is conditional and dependent on a cause, and that nothing happens fortuitously or by chance.

    美国 哲学
adj. B2 Oxf 5000
  1. 1.

    Relying upon; depending upon.

    依靠

    倚赖

    At that point I was dependent on financial aid for my tuition.

  2. 2.

    Having a probability that is affected by the outcome of a separate event.

    数学
  3. 3.

    Used after a particle (with one or two exceptions), such as those which express questions, subordinate clauses, and negative sentences.

  4. 4.

    Of part of the body: positioned lower than the heart, like the legs while standing up, or the back while supine.

    医学
  5. 5.

    Hanging down.

    a dependent bough or leaf

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词源

From Middle English dependaunt, dependent, from Middle French dependant (present participle of dependre (“to depend”)) and Latin dēpendēns (present participle of dēpendeō (“to depend”)). By surface analysis, depend + -ent.

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