| 词汇 | dependency |
| 释义 | dependency noun uk /dɪˈpen.dən.si/ us /dɪˈpen.dən.si/ dependencynoun (NEED)[ S or U ] a situation in which you need something or someone and are unable to continue normally without them: Some parents infantilize young adults and keep them in a permanent state of dependency. dependency onWe need to reduce our dependency on fossil fuels. Synonym dependence [ C or U ] an inability to stop doing something harmful, or using something harmful, especially a drug: Many of the people who come to the clinic have drug or alcohol dependencies. He wrote a memoir about his struggles with chemical dependency. Synonym addiction He deplores what he regards as an excessive dependency on government. Dependency on petroleum is at the heart of many of our problems today. How much of an issue is benefits dependency? She treats a range of compulsive dependencies, such as alcohol, drugs, sex, gambling and shopping. Essential or necessary a man's gotta do what a man's gotta doidiom baked in basically basis be a question of doing somethingidiom box ticking elemental hang hang on/upon something have occasion to do somethingidiom if need beidiom if/when push comes to shoveidiom meat and potatoesidiom necessary necessary evil necessitate owe symbiosis symbiotic symbiotically You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Being based on or depending on something Drug addiction Addiction dependencynoun (COUNTRY)[ C ] a country that is supported and governed by another country: 附属国;附属地 Saint Helena is a British dependency whose inhabitants have full UK citizenship. The Channel Islands and the Isle of Man are Crown dependencies. The Baltic states were former Soviet dependencies. Monaco is a French dependency. Colonization & self-government acknowledgement of country annex annexation anti-colonial anti-colonialism colony commonwealth condominium crown colony declare independence independence Independence Day intercolonial land acknowledgment Nat secede secession self-determination self-governing self-government But if you ask whether we will allow any part of our colonies to become German or any part of our great dependencies to fall under German rule, the answer is in the negative. It was an old English settlement in the woods, which had now become the abode of a lord of Norman descent, who had built a castle, and held the town as his dependency. The Roman Empire was held together for many centuries, quite as much by the fact of her having made all her dependencies to share in the benefits of her laws, as by the strong hand of her cohorts. The United States flag will be used in the archipelago and its dependencies, on land and sea. These dependencies are no longer regarded as subject to transfer from one European power to another. |
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