獨(dú)立，自主，自立(state of being independent; freedom from the control， support or influence of others)[U]：achieve/declare/demand/gain/maintain/win～from...獲得/宣告/要求/獲得/保持/嬴得獨(dú)立;lose/regain/threaten one's～喪失/重新獲得/威脅某人的獨(dú)立;economic/fiscal/political～經(jīng)濟(jì)/財(cái)政/政治獨(dú)立;live a life of～過獨(dú)立的生活;This money gives me～from my family. 這筆錢使我能不依賴家庭而自立?！玞elebrations 獨(dú)立慶典;I～Day 美國(guó)獨(dú)立紀(jì)念日(7月4日);
←inde′pendent adj;
【辨異】independence與freedom和liberty的區(qū)別見FREEDOM。