Dependency
[dɪ'pend(ə)nsɪ] or [dɪ'pɛndənsi]
解釋/意思:
(n.) State of being dependent; dependence; state of being subordinate; subordination; concatenation; connection; reliance; trust.
(n.) A thing hanging down; a dependence.
(n.) That which is attached to something else as its consequence, subordinate, satellite, and the like.
(n.) A territory remote from the kingdom or state to which it belongs, but subject to its dominion; a colony; as, Great Britain has its dependencies in Asia, Africa, and America.
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同義詞及近義詞：
n. [1]. Adjunct, appurtenance.[2]. Colony.
奥德丽整理
例句/造句/用法:
- Whatever expense Great Britain has hitherto laid out in maintaining this dependency, has really been laid out in order to support this monopoly. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- The dependency of one organic being on another, as of a parasite on its prey, lies generally between beings remote in the scale of nature. 查理斯·達爾文. 物種起源.
- Manila hemp, as it is called, is a product of our Philippine dependency, being obtained from a species of the banana plant which grows abundantly in those islands. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- As to dependency or humiliation, Caroline did not feel it in her intercourse with Shirley, and why should Mrs. Pryor? 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- The monopoly is the principal badge of their dependency, and it is the sole fruit which has hitherto been gathered from that dependency. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- Points on the river between Vicksburg and Port Hudson were held as dependencies; but their fall was sure to follow the capture of the former place. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U．S．格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
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