dependencyn.
英 dɪ'pend(ə)nsɪ | 美 dɪ'pɛndənsi
中文n. 属国;从属;从属物
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dependency1590s (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.
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