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Something you rely on to survive or function, or the state of relying on someone or something else too much — like 'financial dependency on parents' or 'a dependency on caffeine.' It's the more formal, clinical word used for addiction, as in 'drug dependency.' In , 'a dependency' is a territory or small country that is controlled by a larger, more powerful country rather than being fully independent. In software, a 'dependency' is another piece of code that a program needs in order to work.
依賴（依靠某人或某事物）；依賴性、成癮（drug dependency）；附屬地（政治用語）；（軟體）相依套件
原始詞典資料7 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
dependencynoun/dɪˈpɛndənsi/
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A state of dependence; a refusal to exercise initiative.
- Frank's sullen dependency was driving his father nuts.
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Something dependent on, or subordinate to, something else
- In the United States' governmental structure, the military is conceived as a dependency under the executive branch.
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The status of being a legal dependent; the relationship between a dependent and their provider.
- In discussing this dependency, the Board said that there was clearly such a relationship. Charles Glassman, Donovan's attorney, said "Finnerty [worked] as deputy district attorney and Donovan lived off [Finnerty's] salary."
- The rules for dependency require that the person claiming the dependency provide more than half of the children's support for the year. Length of time spent with the child is not a consideration. Since your parents probably paid more, they get to claim the dependencies.
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A colony, or a territory subject to rule by an external power.
- ‘I have a little theory which you Messieurs who go out there must help me to prove. This is my share in the advantages my country shall reap from the possession of such a magnificent dependency.’
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A dependence on a habit-forming substance such as a drug or alcohol.
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computingengineeringmathematicsReliance on the functionality provided by some other, external component.
- This library has dependencies on a lot of other libraries. We have to compile all of those other libraries first.
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computingengineeringmathematicsAn external component whose functionality is relied on.
- One of this library's dependencies is very finicky. It can be hard to get it to compile on some systems.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。