Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English의 정의관련 주제: Governmentdependencyde‧pen‧den‧cy /dɪˈpendənsi/ noun (plural dependencies)1[uncountable]NEEDDEPEND ON/RELY ONdependence
drug dependency2[countable]PG a country that is controlled by another country → colony
Britain’s Caribbean dependencies말뭉치의 용례dependency• Psychology rarely explores these theoreticaldifficulties and dependencies.• The system incorporates many assumptions about family relationships and dependency.• Finally, what looks like a determination to be patriotically self-reliant is simultaneously the opposite: the formalisation of completedependency.• She also overcamedrugdependenciesstemming from painkillers taken for her illnesses.• He must already have begun to be aware that his dependency on alcohol was weakening his creative drive.• Oraldependency has to be replaced by what the child can do for himself, on his own initiative.• It would make possible the provision of vastly improved public services, while reducingdependency upon them.• She suggested that dependency on cigarettes should be seen as another form of drug addiction.
