Word · CEFR B1 · Frequency #2356
dependent
依赖的；依靠的
核心释义
Needing or relying on someone or something for support or the things one needs.
- 1.
依赖于；取决于
Relying upon; depending upon.
- 2.
概率受单独事件结果影响
Having a probability that is affected by the outcome of a separate event.
- 3.
依赖他人或事物以获得支持、供应或所需
relying on or requiring a person or thing for support, supply, or what is needed
- 4.
用于表达问题、从句和否定句的词后
Used after a particle (with one or two exceptions), such as those which express questions, subordinate clauses, and negative sentences.
- 5.
依赖于其他事物的
contingent on something else
- 6.
身体部位:位置低于心脏,如站立时的腿或仰卧时的背部
Of part of the body: positioned lower than the heart, like the legs while standing up, or the back while supine.
- 7.
悬挂着
Hanging down.
取决于…的；由…决定的；相依的；非独立的；依附的；从属的；下垂的；低位的；依赖于；取决于
用法In use
The elderly man is dependent on his daughter for daily care.
用法提示：dependent on 表示依赖某人
Our picnic plans are dependent on the weather.
用法提示：are dependent on 表示取决于
She is financially dependent on her parents.
用法提示：financially dependent 强调经济依赖
dependent children
dependent on moisture
dependent on sth/sb
The outcome is dependent on your decision.
结果取决于你的决定。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- dependent on
- 依赖于
- The success of the project is dependent on the weather.项目的成功依赖于天气。
- dependent children
- 受抚养子女
- She has three dependent children to support.她有三个受抚养子女需要抚养。
- dependent clause
- 从句
- A dependent clause cannot stand alone as a sentence.从句不能独立成句。
- drug dependent
- 药物依赖的
- The patient became drug dependent after long-term treatment.患者在长期治疗后变得药物依赖。
- dependent variable
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
想象一个人‘吊（depend）’在别人身上，无法独立，就是dependent（依赖的）。
语境与语域Context & Register
该词义中性，多用于描述依赖关系，适用于个人、经济或物质支持等语境。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
Words like 'independent', 'attendant', 'descendant' share the same stressed vowel /ɛ/ and ending /ndənt/ as 'dependent', forming true rhymes. However, 'confident' and 'different' have different stress patterns or vowels, so they do not rhyme despite similar spelling.
一起学习词形Learn the forms together
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