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  4. dependant

dependant

/dɪˈpɛndənt/
受赡养者

She has two dependants: her young son and elderly mother.

她有两个受赡养者:年幼的儿子和年迈的母亲。


法律
正式

依靠他人经济支持生活的人(尤指家庭成员)

Under tax law, a dependant must live with the taxpayer and receive more than half of their support from them.

根据税法,受赡养者必须与纳税人同住,且其生活费用的大部分由纳税人承担。

常用于法律、税务、保险等正式文书中。

搭配

financial dependant经济依赖者tax dependant税务受赡养者

同义词

dependent

反义词

providerbreadwinner

专业提示

区分 dependant 与 dependent

'dependant'通常为名词,指受赡养的人;'dependent'既可作名词(美式英语常用),也可作形容词(英式英语常用)。

词源

中古英语 dependaunt,源自古法语 dependant(依赖的),现在分词形式,由拉丁语 dependere(依赖)+ -ant(形容词后缀)构成。

用法说明

在美式英语中,'dependent'和'dependant'均可表示名词,但'dependent'更常用;在英式英语中,'dependant'专指名词,'dependent'则为形容词。

单词拆解

depend-
依赖
root
+
-ant
表示人或事物
suffix
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