用作定语
▲～+n.
She is a woman of independent means.她是个自力更生的妇女。
Children should be encouraged to be independent thinkers.应该鼓励孩子独立思考。
▲n.+～
A wife can have property independent of her husband.妻子可以有与其丈夫无关的财产。
This is an objective law independent of human will.这是不以人的意志为转移的客观规律。
用作表语
▲S+be+～
She is very independent.她很有主见。
He is economically independent.他在经济上是独立的。
▲S+be+～+prep.-phrase
He is now independent of his parents.他现在不依靠他父母了。
India became independent of Britain in 1947.印度于1947年脱离英国获得独立。
The medical college is independent of the university.这所医学院不附属于该大学。
Judges must be independent of political pressure.法官们一定不能受政治压力的影响。
They went camping, so as to be independent of hotels.他们露营而不住旅馆。
