dependent
adjective
uk/dɪˈpen.dənt/us/dɪˈpen.dənt/dependentadjective(NEEDING HELP)
B2
needingthesupportof something or someone inordertocontinueexistingoroperating:
需要供养的,需要照料的;依赖的He has three dependentchildren.他有3个需要照料的孩子。
It's veryeasytobecomedependentonsleepingpills.人很容易对安眠药产生依赖性。
- Mostchildrenremaindependent ontheirparentswhile atuniversity.
- Thenumberof single-parentfamiliesdependent on thestatehasrisenenormouslyinrecentyears.
- He is dependent on hisfatherforsupport.
- He's stillfinanciallydependent on hisparents.
- Thecharityistotallydependent on the Church'sbounty.
Being based on or depending on something
- as the case might bephrase
- basesomethingonsomething
- bases
- basis
- boil down tosomething
- egg
- footing
- found
- foundational
- hinge
- hinge on/uponsomething
- rest withsomeone
- result fromsomething
- ride
- ride onsomething/someone
- rooted
- spring fromsomething
- strength
- understanding
- wake
dependentadjective(DECIDED BY)
dependent on/uponsomething
C1
influencedordecidedby something:
取决于,由…来决定Whether I get intocollegeor not is dependent on how good mygradesare.我能不能上大学要看我能考多少分。
dependent
noun[C]
uk/dɪˈpen.dənt/us/dɪˈpen.dənt/USspelling ofdependant
(dependant的美式拼写)Family: relations in general
- anti-family
- aunt
- auntie
- baby daddy
- biologically
- father
- fatherhood
- filial
- first cousin
- fraternal
- kinship
- kinsman
- kinswoman
- kith and kin
- long-lost
- relationship
- relative
- removed
- second cousin
- sib