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INDEPENDENT OF

释义 (Definition)

independent of不依赖于;与……无关;不受……影响(用于说明某事在存在、成立或发生上不以另一事为条件)。

发音 (Pronunciation, IPA)

/ˌɪndɪˈpɛndənt əv/

例句 (Examples)

The price is independent of the color.
价格与颜色无关。

Independent of what others think, she chose to change her career because it matched her long-term goals.
不管别人怎么想,她还是选择转行,因为这符合她的长期目标。

词源 (Etymology)

independent 来自拉丁语构词:*in-*(不)+ dependere(悬挂、依靠;引申为“依赖”),所以 independent 本义是“不依靠他人的”。加上介词 of 后形成固定搭配 independent of,强调“在逻辑、条件或影响上不以……为转移”。

相关词 (Related Words)

文学与名著用例 (Literary Works)

  • Charles Darwin, On the Origin of Species
  • Adam Smith, The Wealth of Nations
  • Virginia Woolf, A Room of One’s Own
  • Bertrand Russell, A History of Western Philosophy
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