codependent
adjective
uk/ˌkəʊ.dɪˈpen.dənt/us/ˌkoʊ.dɪˈpen.dənt/involvedin arelationshipin which onepersonhelpstocauseanother person'salcoholproblem,drugaddiction, etc. because they have astrongemotionalneed themselves:
(与成瘾者)共同依存的,相互依赖的A lot of codependentpeoplewill put up withtheirfriendsorloversdoingdrugs.许多身处依赖关系中的人会容忍他们的朋友或爱人吸毒。
It is nevereasytodisengagefrom a codependentrelationship.从依赖关系中脱离出来绝非易事。
See
codependency
- It's OK to bedependenton someone, solongas it's not codependent anddysfunctional.
- Like the codependentmateof thealcoholic, heseeksnot what heneedsinordertoescapetheabusivepattern, but what is alreadycomfortableto him.
- She isn't some codependentmasochistwillingtoacceptabuseforlove.
Being based on or depending on something
- as the case might bephrase
- basesomethingonsomething
- bases
- basis
- boil down tosomething
- egg
- found
- foundational
- hinge
- hinge on/uponsomething
- in the wake ofsomethingidiom
- result fromsomething
- ride
- ride onsomething/someone
- rooted
- spring fromsomething
- strength
- the stuff ofsomethingidiom
- understanding
- wake