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)

• Autonomous
• Unrelated
• Regardless Of
• Separate From
• Irrespective Of
• Self-Sufficient

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