Word · Frequency #6214
dependency
依赖；依靠
the state of relying on or being controlled by someone or something else; lack of independence
- 1.
A state of dependence; a refusal to exercise initiative.
依赖状态；不愿主动行动。
- 2.
the state of relying on or being controlled by someone or something else
依赖或被他人或他物控制的状态
- 3.
Something dependent on, or subordinate to, something else
依附于他物的事物；附属物。
- 4.
being abnormally tolerant to and dependent on something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming (especially alcohol or narcotic drugs)
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
- 5.
The status of being a legal dependent; the relationship between a dependent and their provider.
法律上受抚养人的身份；受抚养人与供养人之间的关系。
- 6.
a geographical area politically controlled by a distant country
被遥远国家政治控制的地理区域
- 7.
A colony, or a territory subject to rule by an external power.
殖民地；受外部势力统治的领土。
- 8.
A dependence on a habit-forming substance such as a drug or alcohol.
对成瘾物质(如毒品或酒精)的依赖。
- 9.
Reliance on the functionality provided by some other, external component.
对其他外部组件所提供功能的依赖。
- 10.
An external component whose functionality is relied on.
其功能被依赖的外部组件。
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
In use
The country's economic dependency on oil exports made it vulnerable to price fluctuations.
Her dependency on painkillers began after the accident and gradually became a serious problem.
In software development, avoiding unnecessary dependencies between modules is a key design principle.
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
强调双向或相互依赖关系。
The study examines the dependency between economic growth and environmental degradation.
该研究考察了经济增长与环境退化之间的依赖关系。
Connections
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
- 抚养比
- Japan has a high dependency ratio due to its aging population.由于人口老龄化，日本的抚养比很高。
- mutual dependency
Learner notes
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。
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。
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
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.
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。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.