dependent

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de·pen·dent1 /dɪˈpendənt/ W3 adjectiveadj

1 NEEDDEPEND ON/RELY ONneeding someone or something in order to exist, be successful, be healthy etc 依赖的，依靠的 OPP independent

dependent on/upon

Norway’s economy is heavily dependent on natural resources.

挪威的经济严重依赖自然资源。

Jan’s mother was dependent on her for physical care.

简的母亲要靠简来照顾。

Do you have any dependent children (=who you are still supporting financially)?

你有没有需要扶养的孩子？

2 ADDICTEDaddicted to drugs, alcohol etc 有…瘾的，依赖…的

dependent on/upon

the needs of people dependent on drugs

药物依赖者的需要

a danger of becoming alcohol dependent

产生酒精依赖的危险

3 be dependent on/upon something DEPEND/IT DEPENDSto be directly affected or decided by something else 取决于某物

Your pay is dependent on how much you produce.

你的薪酬取决于你的产量。

Examples from the Corpus

be dependent on/upon something• What she doesn t see is that her small-business world is dependent on a bigger economic system.• Your success is dependent on how hard you work.• By no means all priests were dependent on income from the Church.• Women are said to have been created as equal to men yet are functionally to be dependent on men.• The activity of duodenitis was dependent on the neutrophilic infiltration.• The actor is dependent on the stimulus of other faces and voices.• Rice cultivation, which is dependent on the vagaries of weather and on complex systems of irrigation, requires cooperative labor.• For instance, some foodstuffs manufacturers are dependent on their supplies of edible oils.• The benefits that consumers will enjoy are dependent on unbridled competition within the industry; government intervention will only hinder its evolution.

n Grammar

Someone or something is dependent on something:

We are all dependent on computers.

✗Don’t say: dependent of something

Examples from the Corpus

dependent• It's almost impossible to take tranquilizers for long without becoming dependent.• She has one dependent child aged 16.• Do you have any dependent children?• Far more people are dependent on alcohol than we realize.• In the absence of agricultural support, the women and children become dependent on government.• It is not only the United States that has become dependent on imports of oil.• With wild cats it ensures that the animals do not become totally dependent on one kind of prey.• About 10% of the population is dependent on some form of drug.• Since the value of the resulting output is highly dependent on these components, they should be given early and careful consideration.• The whole thing is about gaining trust, is dependent on trust.• The dependence thesis does not claim that authorities always act for dependent reasons, but merely that they should do so.

dependent on/upon• Even the approach taken by the new head of customer service and quality was dependent on direction from the top.• In three short months she didn't need the medication she had been dependent on for years.• He is dependent on Karl, his Seeing Eye dog, to lead him.• Table 14.1 brings together the available information on the growth in the numbers of people dependent on means-tested welfare.• Nancy Kwan played a mindless tart, utterly dependent upon men.• Small businesses dependent on the government also are feeling the pinch.• Is his identity dependent upon the particular choice of electrons, protons, and other particles that compose those atoms?• Hypnosis and electroconvulsive therapy were tried but had no effect, and he became heavily dependent on tranquillizers.• But the catering is also heavily dependent on vending machines, which operate 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

dependent on/upon• Even the approach taken by the new head of customer service and quality was dependent on direction from the top.• In three short months she didn't need the medication she had been dependent on for years.• Table 14.1 brings together the available information on the growth in the numbers of people dependent on means-tested welfare.• Nancy Kwan played a mindless tart, utterly dependent upon men.• Small businesses dependent on the government also are feeling the pinch.• Is his identity dependent upon the particular choice of electrons, protons, and other particles that compose those atoms?• Hypnosis and electroconvulsive therapy were tried but had no effect, and he became heavily dependent on tranquillizers.• But the catering is also heavily dependent on vending machines, which operate 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

dependent2 noun [countableC]

the American spelling of dependant / dependant 的美式拼法

From Longman Business Dictionary

dependentde·pen·dent /dɪˈpendənt/ adjectiveadj

needing another person to provide money, food, clothes etc

Do you have any dependent children?

dependent on/upon

Norway’s economy is heavily dependent on natural resources.

de·pen·dent1 adjectiveadj →n GRAMMAR1dependent2 noun

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