dependent

依存している、頼っている

助けやお金、必要な物を得るために人や物に頼っている。

やさしい英語で： Needing someone or something for help, money, or something necessary.

• The baby is dependent on you.
• They became financially dependent on their parents.
• Our crops are dependent on regular rainfall.

使い方： dependent on someone/something (The village is dependent on tourism.); dependent on someone for something (She is dependent on her brother for transport.)

類義語： reliant

反対語： independent

よく使う表現： dependent on someone, financially dependent, dependent on something

垂れ下がった、下垂した

下に垂れている、または下を向いている。

やさしい英語で： Hanging or pointing downwards.

• The tree has dependent branches.
• Water gathered at the tips of the dependent leaves.
• The injured limb was kept in a dependent position.

類義語： hanging, drooping, pendulous

よく使う表現： dependent branch, dependent leaves, dependent position

扶養家族

生活費や食べ物、世話を他の人に頼る人。

やさしい英語で： A person who needs another person to provide money, food, or other care.

• He has three dependents.
• You can add a dependent to your insurance plan.
• She supports two children and an elderly dependent.

よく使う表現： a dependent child, claim a dependent, support a dependent

従属部、従属要素

句や文の中心となる語に結び付く語や語のまとまり。

やさしい英語で： A word or group of words attached to the main word in a phrase or sentence.

• This adjective is a dependent.
• A head may have several dependents.
• The diagram links each dependent to its head.

使い方： dependent of something (The adjective is a dependent of the noun.)

よく使う表現： syntactic dependent, dependent of something, head and dependent