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dependent 音標拼音: [dɪp'ɛndənt] a. 依靠的,依賴的;由…決定的,隨…而定的 依靠的,依賴的;由…決定的,隨…而定的 dependent與機器相關的 dependent相依 相關 dependent adj 1: relying on or requiring a person or thing for support, supply, or what is needed; " dependent children"; " dependent on moisture" [ ant: { independent}] 2: contingent on something else [ synonym: { dependent}, { dependant}, { qualified}] 3: ( of a clause) unable to stand alone syntactically as a complete sentence; " a subordinate ( or dependent) clause functions as a noun or adjective or adverb within a sentence" [ synonym: { dependent}, { subordinate}] [ ant: { independent}, { main( a)}] 4: held from above; " a pendant bunch of grapes" [ synonym: { pendent}, { pendant}, { dependent}] 5: being under the power or sovereignty of another or others; " subject peoples"; " a dependent prince" [ synonym: { subject}, { dependent}] 6: addicted to a drug [ synonym: { dependent}, { dependant}, { drug- addicted}, { hooked}, { strung- out}] n 1: a person who relies on another person for support ( especially financial support) [ synonym: { dependant}, { dependent}] Dependent \ De* pend" ent\, n. 1. One who depends; one who is sustained by another, or who relies on another for financial support or favor; a hanger- on; a retainer; as, a numerous train of dependents. [ 1913 Webster] A host of dependents on the court, suborned to play their part as witnesses. -- Hallam. [ 1913 Webster] 2. That which depends; corollary; consequence. [ 1913 Webster] With all its circumstances and dependents. -- Prynne. [ 1913 Webster] Note: See the Note under { Dependant}. [ 1913 Webster]
Dependent \ De* pend" ent\, a. [ L. dependens, - entis, p. pr. dependere. See { Depend}, and cf. { Dependant}.] 1. Hanging down; as, a dependent bough or leaf. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Relying on, or subject to, something else for support; not able to exist, or sustain itself, or to perform anything, without the will, power, or aid of something else; not self- sustaining; subordinate; -- often with on or upon; as, dependent on God; dependent upon friends. Opposite of { independent}. [ Narrower terms: { interdependent, mutualist, mutually beneficial}; { parasitic, parasitical, leechlike, bloodsucking}; { subordinate}; { underage}; { myrmecophilous}; { symbiotic}] Also See: { unfree}. [ 1913 Webster] England, long dependent and degraded, was again a power of the first rank. -- Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster] 3. conditional; contingent or conditioned. Opposite of { unconditional}. Syn: qualified. [ WordNet 1. 5] 4. addicted to drugs. Syn: addicted, dependent, drug- addicted, hooked, strung- out. [ WordNet 1. 5] { Dependent covenant} or { Dependent contract} ( Law), one not binding until some connecting stipulation is performed. { Dependent variable} ( Math.), a varying quantity whose changes are arbitrary, but are regarded as produced by changes in another variable, which is called the { independent variable}. [ 1913 Webster] 161 Moby Thesaurus words for " dependent": accessory, addicted, addicted to, adherent, ancillary, appendage, appurtenant, at issue, attendant, based on, boxed in, buff, cascading, cavaliere servente, charge, childlike, circumscribed, circumscribed by, client, collateral, conditional, conditioned, confiding, contingent, contingent on, counting, courtier, creature, credulous, dangler, dangling, debased, dependent on, depending, depending on, depending on circumstances, disciple, encumbrance, exposed, falling, falling loosely, fan, feudal, feudatory, flowing, flunky, follower, following, guileless, habituated, habitue, hanger- on, hanging, hedged about by, heeler, henchman, hinging on, homager, homme de cour, hooked, hooked on, humbled, hung, iffy, in a rut, in question, in suspense, in the balance, incident to, incidental to, inferior, innocent, lackey, liable, liege, liege man, limited, man, minion, myrmidon, naive, never free from, open, parasite, partisan, pendent, pending, pendulant, pendular, penduline, pendulous, pensile, pensionary, pensioner, peon, predicated on, protege, provisional, provisory, public, public charge, pursuer, pursuivant, reckoning, relative, reliant, relying, restricted, retainer, revolving on, satellite, secondary, sectary, serf, servant, servile, shadow, slave, spaced out, stooge, sub, subject, subject to, subordinate, subservient, successor, supporter, susceptible, suspended, suspenseful, swinging, tagtail, tail, trainbearer, tributary, trustful, trusting, trusty, turning on, uncertain, uncounted, undecided, under, underling, understrapper, undetermined, unestablished, unfixed, unsettled, unsuspecting, unsuspicious, untold, up for grabs, used to, vassal, votary, ward, ward heeler, weeping, without suspicion, yeoman
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