dependent
dependent
adjective
dependently
adverb
语源
adjective
- [predic.](dependent on/upon)contingent on or determined by
由…决定的
the various benefits will be dependent on length of service.
各种福利待遇将由服务年限决定。 - requiring someone or something for financial, emotional, or other support
（经济上、感情上或其他方面）依赖的
an economy heavily dependent on oil exports.
高度依赖石油出口的经济。
households with dependent children.
有孩子要抚养的家庭。
■unable to do without
依赖…的
people dependent on drugs.
依赖毒品的人。
[in combination]welfare-dependent families.
靠福利过活的家庭。
■(Grammar)(of a clause, phrase, or word) subordinate to another clause, phrase, or word
(语法)】（从句，短语，词）从属的
- variant spelling of dependant
同 dependant
dependently
adverb
语源
- late Middle English dependant 'hanging down', from Old French, present participle of dependre (see depend). The spelling change in the 16th cent. was due to association with the Latin participial stem dependent-
- On the distinction between dependent and dependant, see usage at dependant
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