1
- predic.
dependent on/upon
contingent on or determined by由…决定的： the various benefits will be dependent on length of service.
各种福利待遇将由服务年限决定。
2
- requiring someone or something for financial, emotional, or other support（经济上、感情上或其他方面）依赖的：
an economy heavily dependent on oil exports
高度依赖石油出口的经济
households with dependent children.
有孩子要抚养的家庭。
2.1
- unable to do without依赖…的：
people dependent on drugs
依赖毒品的人
in combination welfare-dependent families.靠福利过活的家庭。
2.2
- Grammar (of a clause, phrase, or word) subordinate to another clause, phrase, or word【语法】（从句, 短语, 词）从属的。
USAGE
On the distinction between dependent and dependant, see usage at DEPENDANT.
派生词
dependently
adverb词源
late Middle English dependant 'hanging down'， from Old French， present participle of dependre （see DEPEND）. The spelling change in the 16th cent. was due to association with the Latin participial stem dependent-.