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dependent on sth/sb
The outcome is dependent on your decision.
结果取决于你的决定。
依赖的；依靠的
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
依赖的；依靠的
Needing or relying on someone or something for support or the things one needs.
The outcome is dependent on your decision.
结果取决于你的决定。
依赖于；取决于
Relying upon; depending upon.
概率受单独事件结果影响
Having a probability that is affected by the outcome of a separate event.
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
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.
The elderly man is dependent on his daughter for daily care.
这位老人依赖女儿日常照顾。
AI contextual example
Our picnic plans are dependent on the weather.
我们的野餐计划取决于天气。
AI contextual example
She is financially dependent on her parents.
她在经济上依赖父母。
AI contextual example
dependent children
受抚养的子女。
WordNet
The outcome is dependent on your decision.
结果取决于你的决定。
upon 比 on 更正式。
Economic growth is dependent upon stable policies.
经济增长依赖于稳定的政策。
Elderly people are often dependent on their children for care.
老年人通常依赖子女的照顾。
Not this
She dependent on her parents.
Use this
She is dependent on her parents.
中文形容词可直接作谓语，但英文形容词 dependent 前必须加系动词 be。
Not this
He is dependent of his job.
Use this
He is dependent on his job.
形容词 dependent 后接介词 on，而不是 of；中文‘依赖于’中的‘于’易导致误用 of。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
依赖于
The success of the project is dependent on the weather.
项目的成功依赖于天气。
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。
从句
A dependent clause cannot stand alone as a sentence.
从句不能独立成句。
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。
因变量
In the experiment, the dependent variable was the reaction time.
在实验中，因变量是反应时间。
我依赖陌生人的善意。
Blanche DuBois says this in the play 'A Streetcar Named Desire', highlighting her reliance on others.
布兰奇·杜波依斯在戏剧《欲望号街车》中说出这句话，突显她对别人的依赖。
Use dependent naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
想象一个人‘吊（depend）’在别人身上，无法独立，就是dependent（依赖的）。
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。
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.
Dictionary facts from DICTIONARY_API_DEV, ECDICT, OCTANOVE, WIKTIONARY.