1590s (adj.), 1610s (n.); see dependent + -cy. Originally also dependancy, on the French model, but the Latinate form gradually pushed this into disuse; see -ance. Meaning "territory subordinate to another nation" is recorded from 1680s.
雙語例句
1. In 1985, he began to show signs of alcohol and drug dependency.
在1985年，他開始表現出酗酒嗜毒的跡象。
來自柯林斯例句
2. Ukraine is handicapped by its near-total dependency on Russian oil.
烏克蘭受制于對俄羅斯石油近乎完全的依賴。
來自柯林斯例句
3. We worried about his dependency on his mother.
我們擔心他可能對母親太過依賴。
來自柯林斯例句
4. Their aim is to reduce people's dependency on the welfare state.
他們旨在減少人們對福利制度的依賴。
來自《權威詞典》
5. Britain was a Roman dependency for a long period.