1not needing other people不需要他人VERBS | ADVERB | PREPOSITIONVERBS➤be, feel, seem獨立自主;感覺獨立;似乎自立▸➤become變得獨立▸➤remain依然獨立▸➤make sb使某人自立◇Her travels in Asia have made her a lot more independent.亞洲之行使她自立了許多。ADVERB➤fiercely, very極為/非常自立◇Many disabled people are fiercely independent.很多殘疾人都極其自立。➤completely完全獨立▸➤fairly, pretty, quite相當/頗為/十分自立▸➤economically, financially經濟上/財政上獨立PREPOSITION➤of不依賴⋯◇By the age of eighteen he was completely independent of his parents.到 18 歲時他已經完全獨立,不再依賴父母了。independent
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2not influenced or controlled by anyone else不受他人影響或控制VERBS | ADVERB | PREPOSITIONVERBS➤be獨立自主▸➤become變得獨立▸➤remain, stay仍然/保持獨立◇His company is a target for takeovers, but plans to stay independent.他的公司是被收購的目標,不過打算仍然保持獨立。➤make sth使⋯自主▸➤declare sth宣佈⋯獨立◇In 1961 the country was declared independent.1961 年,該國宣佈獨立。ADVERB➤completely, entirely, fully, genuinely, quite, totally, truly, wholly完全獨立;真正獨立;十分自主▸➤almost, fairly, largely, relatively, virtually幾乎獨立自主;相當獨立;很大程度上獨立自主;相對獨立◇Many local clans remain relatively independent.許多當地部族仍然保持相對獨立。➤increasingly日益獨立自主▸➤essentially本質上獨立自主◇This figure is essentially independent of population size.這個數字基本上與人口規模無關。➤nominally, supposedly名義上自主;據說不受控制▸➤newly新近獨立◇newly independent countries新近獨立的國家➤politically政治上獨立➤logically, statistically邏輯上/從統計角度來說獨立◇His system rests upon two logically independent arguments.他的體系以兩個邏輯上相互獨立的論據為依據。➤mutually相互獨立◇They are two separate, mutually independent entities.他們是兩個互不相關、相互獨立的實體。PREPOSITION➤from擺脫⋯而獨立◇The country became fully independent from France in 1960.這個國家於 1960 年擺脫法國的控制,取得完全的獨立。➤of不受⋯的影響◇an organization that is independent of the government獨立於政府的組織