1not owned/controlled by STH 不被某物所拥有/控制 [usually before noun] an independentorganization is not owned or controlled by, or does not receive money from, another organization or the government 私营的;独立的
There are plans to split the corporation into a number of smaller independent companies.
有计划要把这家大企业分割成一些独立的小公司。
an independent charity
独立的慈善机构
small independent bookshops
私营小书店
independent of
We need a central bank that is independent of the government.
我们需要一个不受政府控制的独立的中央银行。
independent school especially British EnglishBrE (=one not owned or paid for by the government) 私立学校
schools in the independent sector
私立学校
independent television/radio/broadcasting etcBritish EnglishBrE (=not owned or paid for by the government) 私营电视台/无线电台/广播等
independent television companies
独立电视公司
independent film (=one not made or produced by a large film production company) 独立电影
2fair 公正的 [usually before noun]RIGHT/JUSTIFIED an independent organization or person is not involved in a particular situation, and can therefore be trusted to be fair in judging it 独立的;公正的;无偏见的
an independent panel of scientists
独立的科学家小组
An independent body (=group of people who work together) has been set up to monitor government spending.
成立了一个独立机构来监督政府开支。
There were no independent witnesses to the shooting.
此次枪击案没有无偏见的证人。
independent inquiry/advice/opinion etc (=carried out by or given by an independent person or organization) 独立的调查/建议/观点等
Human rights groups have called for an independent inquiry into the killings.
人权组织要求对杀戮进行独立调查。
the results of an independent study
独立调查的结果
3country 国家PGINDEPENDENT COUNTRY OR ORGANIZATION an independent country is not governed or controlled by another country 独立的,自主的
India became independent in 1947.
印度于1947年独立。
4person 人
a)INDEPENDENT PERSONconfident and able to do things by yourself in your own way, without needing help or advice from other people 自立的,不依赖他人帮助的;有主见的OPP dependent
Now that my sons are more independent, I have more time for myself.
我那几个儿子更加独立了,因此我自己的时间就多了。
an independent young woman
一个有主见的年轻女性
He’s helping other people with spinal injuries to lead an independent life.
他正在帮助脊椎受伤的人独立生活。
independent of
By this age, the child becomes relatively independent of his mother.
到了这个年龄,孩子可以较为独立,不完全依赖母亲。
b)INDEPENDENT PERSONhaving enough money to live, without having to ask for help from other people 经济自立的,自力谋生的
It was always very important to me to be financially independent.
经济独立对我来说始终非常重要。
independent of
Robert aimed to be independent of his parents by the time he was twenty.
罗伯特的目标是在20岁时脱离父母自立。
5independent study/learningwhen you study on your own, rather than being taught by a teacher 独立研究/学习
The tapes can be used in class or for independent study.
这些磁带可在课堂上使用或用于自主学习。
Examples from the Corpus
independent study/learning• It will make provision for mixed-ability groups much easier to organise, and encourageindependent study.• The course manual can be used for independent study.• Would you like to do this as an independent study?• The increased use of independent learning at higher levels within the pathway is reflected in the assessmentpattern within the modules.• Councillors will discuss the possibility of funding an independent study into the mine's viability.• Other recent examples of comparative studies are those of Lowe - independent study modules and lecturetours, in 1981.• In the springsemester Gordon taught two seminars and took on more than a dozen students for independent studyprojects.• Two independent studies since the 1968 electionconfirm the trend.
6.woman/man etc of independent meansBFMONEYsomeone who has their own income from property, investments etc, so that they do not have to work or depend on anyone else 〔有个人收入的〕独立女人/男人等
7separate 分离的SEPARATE if one thing is independent of another, the two are not connected, or the second thing does not influence the first 不相关的;不受影响的
independent of
reports from two separate sources entirely independent of one another
根据两个完全独立的信息来源所作的报道
Three independent studies all arrived at the same conclusion.
三项独立研究最后都得出了相同的结论。
8politician 从政者 [usually before noun] an independent politician does not belong to a particular party 无党派的,独立的
Independent candidates won three seats.
无党派候选人赢得三个席位。
—independentlyadverbadv
The two departments operate independently of each other.
两个部门独立经营。
She had elderly parents who could no longer live independently.
PPGa politician who does not belong to a political party 无党派政治家
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independent• She is financially independent.• Dad left me all his money when he died, which made me financially independent.• I quite like living alone. It's made me more independent.• Certainly he did not advise the wife that she should seekindependent advice.• The bloodsamples are being sent out for independentanalysis.• Joe's still not very independent, and he tends to follow me around.• Yonkers has several independentbus lines.• In the 1975 election, however, voterschose four independentcandidates for the council and elected independent Margaret Hance as mayor.• Corporate power is not merely a matter of the resources and market share of formally independententities.• However, older age at first pregnancy and fewer children were not independentfactors.• Changes in the ruraleconomy turned many independentfarmers to hiredlabourers.• The country became independent from France in 1964.• We must encourageindependent governments, not economicsatellites.• Independentlegalexperts have been studying the case.• Small independentmerchants who were threatened by both the supermarkets and the chains were forced to adopt the supermarket principle.• Croatia became an independentnation in 1991.• I suddenly realised that my preciousson was a full-grown man, quite independent of his father and me.• The independentproject organization appears to be the best approach from a social point of view.• Local companies and industries have been helping independent schools to provide buildings and equipment.• My mom was in fact quite independent. She had always had a job and her own bankaccount.• The country has three majornetworktelevisionstations, plus one independent station.• Chain supermarkets are more likely to be discounters than independent supermarkets which favor specials.• Robin worked for one of the largest independent television companies.• a strong independent woman• I've always been attracted to strong, independent women.
independent body• The client may need reassurance that the standards the hotelclaims to offer have been scrutinised by an independent body.• It is an independent body and the courses are drawn up by specialist committees including representatives from government, industry and teaching.• This is an independent body of doctors, philosophers, lawyers and theologians which promotes the study of ethicalissues.• Each is the independent body recognised by government as responsible for promoting training in its own part of the economy.• The Centre is an independent body, with charitablestatus.• Sugden warned that independent bodies would become toothless if they were constantly overruled by the government.
became independent• In 1961, Tanganyika became independent.• The officialnewsagency Tass became independent, and Gorbachev's spokesman Vitaly Ignatenko was appointed to head it.• Once my boysbecame independentspellers, I welcomed their questions about spelling.
financially independent• He was over sixty and a relatively wealthy man, with a wife who was financially independent.• His father's death in 1821 left him financially independent.• Less than a dozen years after their car wash days, Pam and Larry Winters are financially independent.• Many of them were financially independent.• The postercampaigners at Beida picked up this point, that academics were becoming financially independent and seeking ways of making money.• It wanted the new structure to be a financially independent party with exclusive political loyalty from its members.
Independent• The fact that these reformadvocates include both Republicans and Independentsbodes well for the non-partisanfuture of this struggle.• Meanwhile Janet Street-Porter is stepping down as editor of the Independent on Sunday.• The Independentignored the Bill totally.• Bernard Sanders, a Vermont Independent, and Rep.