Word · Frequency #6214
dependency
依赖；依靠
核心释义
the state of relying on or being controlled by someone or something else; lack of independence
- 1.
依赖状态；不愿主动行动。
A state of dependence; a refusal to exercise initiative.
- 2.
依赖或被他人或他物控制的状态
the state of relying on or being controlled by someone or something else
- 3.
依附于他物的事物；附属物。
Something dependent on, or subordinate to, something else
- 4.
对某种(尤其是酒精或麻醉药物)在心理或生理上形成习惯的事物异常耐受且依赖
being abnormally tolerant to and dependent on something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming (especially alcohol or narcotic drugs)
- 5.
法律上受抚养人的身份；受抚养人与供养人之间的关系。
The status of being a legal dependent; the relationship between a dependent and their provider.
- 6.
被遥远国家政治控制的地理区域
a geographical area politically controlled by a distant country
- 7.
殖民地；受外部势力统治的领土。
A colony, or a territory subject to rule by an external power.
- 8.
对成瘾物质(如毒品或酒精)的依赖。
A dependence on a habit-forming substance such as a drug or alcohol.
- 9.
对其他外部组件所提供功能的依赖。
Reliance on the functionality provided by some other, external component.
- 10.
其功能被依赖的外部组件。
An external component whose functionality is relied on.
依赖；成瘾；附属国；属地；殖民地；受扶养身份；被扶养状态；依赖项；外部组件；依赖；从属物；附属物
用法In use
The country's economic dependency on oil exports made it vulnerable to price fluctuations.
用法提示：名词，表示经济上的依赖关系。
Her dependency on painkillers began after the accident and gradually became a serious problem.
用法提示：名词，表示对药物的依赖（成瘾性）。
In software development, avoiding unnecessary dependencies between modules is a key design principle.
用法提示：名词，表示模块间的依赖关系。
dependency on sth
表示对某事物的依赖，常接抽象名词或具体资源。
The country's heavy dependency on oil exports makes it vulnerable to price fluctuations.
该国对石油出口的严重依赖使其容易受到价格波动的影响。
dependency between A and B
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- dependency on
- 对…的依赖
- His dependency on his parents lasted well into his thirties.他对父母的依赖一直持续到三十多岁。
- financial dependency
- 财务依赖
- After losing her job, she was in a state of financial dependency.失业后，她处于财务依赖的状态。
- emotional dependency
- 情感依赖
- Emotional dependency can be just as harmful as physical dependency.情感依赖可能与身体依赖一样有害。
- drug dependency
- 药物依赖
- The clinic specializes in treating drug dependency.这家诊所专门治疗药物依赖。
- dependency ratio
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
将'dependency'拆解为'depend'（依赖）+'ency'（状态），想象一个人依赖拐杖行走，记住这是依赖的状态。
语境与语域Context & Register
该词属中性语域，广泛应用于心理学、经济学及日常交流中，表示依赖关系或成瘾状态。
语法说明Grammar Note
表示依赖关系时通常不可数，表示具体依赖物时可数，常与介词on连用
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
These words share the spelling ending "-ency" and all have the same stressed vowel followed by /nsi/ in their IPA, making them genuine rhymes. Watch out for words like "currency" (/ˈkɜːrənsi/) which also end in "-ency" but have a different stressed vowel.
用法优先级Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.