美 [ˌɪndɪˈpendənts]
n. 独立派；独立石油公司；独立联盟
independent /ˌɪndɪˈpɛndənt/ CET4 TEM4
形容词 If one thing or person is independent of another, they are separate and not connected, so the first one is not affected or influenced by the second. 无关联的; 相互独立的
Your questions should be independent of each other.
你们的问题应该是相互间毫无关联的。
We're going independent from the university and setting up our own group.
我们将从大学独立出去，成立我们自己的集团。
副词 独立地
...several people working independently in different areas of the world.
…在世界不同地区独立工作的几个人。
形容词 If someone is independent, they do not need help or money from anyone else. 不依赖的
Phil was now much more independent of his parents.
菲尔现在不大依赖他的父母了。
副词 不依赖地
...helping disabled students to live and study as independently as possible.
…帮助残疾学生尽可能不依赖地生活和学习。
形容词 Independent countries and states are not ruled by other countries but have their own government. (国家) 独立的
Papua New Guinea became independent from Australia in 1975.
巴布亚新几内亚1975年脱离澳大利亚而独立。
形容词 An independent organization or other body is one that controls its own finances and operations, rather than being controlled by someone else. 独立的; 不受他人左右的
...an independent television station.
…一家独立的电视台。
形容词 An independent inquiry or opinion is one that involves people who are not connected with a particular situation, and should therefore be fair. 客观公正的; 不偏不倚的
There were calls in Congress for an independent inquiry.
国会中有对一次独立调查的呼吁。
形容词 An independent politician is one who does not represent any political party. 无党派的
There's been a late surge of support for an independent candidate.
对一位独立候选人的支持最近有骤然的增多。
可数名词 An independent is an independent politician. 无党派人士
Mr. Vassiliou, standing as an independent, succeeded in convincing a significant number of voters of his argument.
瓦西里欧先生以无党派人士身份成功地说服了大量选民支持他的观点。
a neutral or uncommitted person (especially in politics)
同义词： mugwump / fencesitter
a writer or artist who sells services to different employers without a long-term contract with any of them
同义词： freelance / self-employed person
free from external control and constraint
an independent mind ; a series of independent judgments ; fiercely independent individualism ; an independent republic
not dependent on or conditioned by or relative to anything else
(of political bodies) not controlled by outside forces
同义词： autonomous / self-governing / sovereign
not contingent
(of a clause) capable of standing syntactically alone as a complete sentence
the main (or independent) clause in a complex sentence has at least a subject and a verb
同义词： main(a)
not controlled by a party or interest group
独立-引用次数：3
参考来源羁押场所独立论
独立石油公司
无党派议员
独立派
独立派；独立石油公司；独立联盟
Another newspaper article: DELIRIUM TREMENS TWAIN—Mark Twain, who was to make a speech at the mass meeting of the Independents last night, didn't come to time!
报纸上又有一篇文章说：“患震颤性谵妄的吐温，昨晚本打算在独立派群众大会上发表讲话，却没来！”
Mr Obama has not only solidified his hold over his core constituents—blacks, the young, independents and educated white liberals.
奥巴马不仅紧密的团结了黑人、青年人、中立选民以及受过良好教育的白人自由党人作为他的核心选民，而且成功地瓦解了希拉里的联盟：在弗吉尼亚他获得了52%白人选民的支持，而希拉里只获得了47%；
Whoever wins will have to work with an almost evenly divided congress-in both houses independents will hold the balance of power.
无论哪一位赢得胜选，都必须与几乎平分的国会相互合作—无党籍人士在国会上下议院将拥掌握制衡力量。
In eighteen seventy-seven, Edgar Degas came to her studio and asked her to join his group of artists who called themselves the Independents.
VOA : special.2009.07.12
You have left the Presbyterians and the Independents, and at this point the Presbyterians are in firm control.
剩下的是长老派成员和无党派人士，这时候，长老派成员获得了完全的控制权。
弥尔顿课程节选 : 耶鲁公开课
The Independents resented the new authoritarianism of the Presbyterians, a relatively new phenomenon on the English cultural landscape.
无党派对长老派的独裁主义非常憎恨，一个相对新的在英国历史现象。
弥尔顿课程节选 : 耶鲁公开课
That may not be true of the independents, including the Tea Party people.
VOA : special.2010.06.12
Both McDonnell and Christie attracted support from independents, who voted in large numbers for Mr.Obama last year.
VOA : standard.2009.11.03
That includes three-quarters of Republicans, nine in 10 Democrats and more than eight in 10 independents.
These are tax cuts that everybody in Washington agrees on -- Democrats, Republicans, independents.
She also did much better amongst independents than she did in Iowa as well.