| 单词 | dependency |
| 释义 | dependency (once / 1851 pages) n Dependency happens when you can't function without the help of someone or something. If you have a dependency on coffee, you need it to be human in the morning. Not sure? Ask the people you live with. A dependency on the help or support of another person isn't necessarily negative, but other kinds of dependency — on something habit-forming or addictive, like cigarettes — can be harmful. You can also use this noun to mean "a country, province, or territory controlled by a bigger, more powerful country." Guam and Puerto Rico, which don't have complete independence from the US, can be called dependencies. WORD FAMILYdependency: dependencies+/depend: dependable, dependant, depended, dependent, depending, depends, interdepend/dependable: dependability, dependableness, dependably, undependable/dependant: dependants/dependence: dependences/dependent: dependence, dependency, dependently, dependents, independent/independence: independences/independency: independencies/independent: independence, independency, independently, independents/interdepend: interdependent/interdependence: interdependences/interdependency: interdependencies/interdependent: interdependence, interdependency, interdependently/undependable: undependability, undependableness USAGE EXAMPLESGovernment dependency, he believes, is the first step toward tyranny. Seattle Times(Dec 29, 2016) The underpinnings are invisible to outsiders, who aren’t privy to the jealousy and passion and dependency and repressed desire that often hold sway. Washington Post(Nov 29, 2016) On the far side of so many milestones of independence—travel, graduate program, job, apartment—I am relearning dependency. The New Yorker(Dec 22, 2016) 1n the state of relying on or being controlled by someone or something else Syn|Hypo|Hyper dependance, dependence helplessness the state of needing help from something reliancethe state of relying on something subordinationthe state of being subordinate to something contingencythe state of being contingent on something state the way something is with respect to its main attributes 2n being abnormally tolerant to and dependent on something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming (especially alcohol or narcotic drugs) Syn|Hypo|Hyper addiction, dependance, dependence, habituation drug addiction, white plague an addiction to a drug (especially a narcotic drug) alcohol addiction, alcoholism, drunkenness, inebriationhabitual intoxication; prolonged and excessive intake of alcoholic drinks leading to a breakdown in health and an addiction to alcohol such that abrupt deprivation leads to severe withdrawal symptoms cocaine addictionan addiction to cocaine heroin addictionan addiction to heroin caffein addictionan addiction to caffein nicotine addictionan addiction to nicotine physical condition, physiological condition, physiological state the condition or state of the body or bodily functions 3n a geographical area politically controlled by a distant country Syn|Exp|Hypo|Hyper colony Cayman Islands a British colony in the Caribbean to the northwest of Jamaica; an international banking center New Netherlanda Dutch colony in North America along the Hudson and lower Delaware rivers although the colony centered in New Amsterdam; annexed by the English in 1664 Crown Colony a British colony controlled by the British Crown, represented by a governor geographic area, geographic region, geographical area, geographical region a demarcated area of the Earth |
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