dependants

英 [dɪˈpɛndənts]

美

n.  受扶养者(尤指孩子); 靠他人生活者
dependant的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT （子女等）受抚养者
  Yourdependantsare the people you support financially, such as your children.
  1. The British Legion raises funds to help ex-service personnel and their dependants.
     英国退伍军人协会筹集款项帮助退役人员和他们的家属。

Take care not to confusedependantanddependent.
注意不要混淆 dependant 和 dependent。

双语例句

• If you were killed, your dependants could get compensation.
  你若遭杀害，你的家属可以得到赔偿金。
• In fact, the two dependants had received comprehensive social security assistance from the social welfare department and their maintenance fees were fully covered by the assistance.
  其实该两名受养人均是从社会福利署收取综合社会保障援助，而他们的生活费全部由该援助金支付。
• Ve got several dependants to support.
  现在我得抚养好几口人。
• Most important, you have so little to lose: no dependants, minimal outgoings, and all the time in the world.
  最重要的是，你几乎没什么可失去的：没有家庭负担，开支最少，还可以投入全部的时间。
• In the next few years, the ratio of Chinese workers to dependants will stop rising and start falling.
  他表示，未来几年，中国的工人和其家属比例将停止增长而开始下降。
• However, unlike student dependants, your spouse is not allowed to work.
  可是，与学生随同人员不同，访问学者的配偶不能获准工作。
• My dad has three dependants: my mother, my sister and me.
  我爸爸抚养三个人：我妈妈、姐姐和我。
• Wealthy families are devoting more time to educating dependants on how to approach financial matters for fear that their legacies could be eroded by unwise decisions.
  富有的家庭在教育下一代如何处理一些金融事务上会花更多的时间，因为他们害怕自己的遗产会由于不明智的决定而逐渐消蚀掉。
• He took his wife sarai, his nephew lot, all the property they had collected, and all the dependants they had acquired in harran, and they started on their journey to canaan.
  他带着妻子撒莱，侄子罗得及他们在哈兰积蓄的全部财产和侍从人等，动身去迦南。
• It is similar in nature to the current personal allowance deductible we allow in the means assessment, for the applicant to support the living of his her dependants.
  这类费用本质上类似目前我们在进行经济审查时，准予以扣除的个人开支豁免额，其目的是让申请人维持其受养人的生活。