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1 ♦ dependent
♦ dependent /dɪˈpɛndənt/A a.1 che dipende (da): The success of the enterprise will be dependent on you, il successo dell'impresa dipenderà da te; The country is highly dependent on foreign aid, il paese dipende largamente dagli aiuti dall'estero; She is completely dependent on her husband, è totalmente dipendente dal marito2 dipendente (da), che non può fare a meno (di): to be dependent on a drug, non poter fare a meno di un farmaco; to be alcohol dependent, essere dipendente dall'alcol● (mat., econ., stat., psic.) dependent variable, variabile dipendenteB n. (spec. USA)FALSI AMICI: dependent non significa dipendente ( di un'azienda o un ente) NOTA D'USO: - dependant, dependent-. -
2 child welfare
1) (aid provided to dependent children.) assegno familiare2) (concern for the living conditions etc of children: She has a job as a child welfare officer.) assistenza infantile -
3 ADC n abbr
[ˌeɪdiː'siː]1) MilSee:2) US, (= Aid to Dependent Children) sussidio per figli a carico3) (= analogue-digital converter) convertitore m analogico-digitale -
4 AFDC n abbr Am
[ˌeɪɛfdiː'siː](= Aid to Families with Dependent Children) AF (= assegni familiari) -
5 could
[ forma debole kəd] [ forma forte kʊd]it could be that... — potrebbe essere che
could be — colloq. forse
"did she know?" - "no, how could she?" — "lo sapeva?" - "no, come avrebbe potuto?"
you couldn't come earlier, could you? — non potresti arrivare prima, vero?
6) (expressing likelihood, assumption)he couldn't be more than 10 years old — non dovrebbe avere o non avrà più di 10 anni
••I could murder him! — colloq. l'ammazzerei!
Note:Could is formally the past tense and the conditional of can. As the past tense of can, could is translated by the appropriate past tense in the indicative: I couldn't leave the children = non potevo lasciare i bambini / non potei lasciare i bambini; few people could read or write = poche persone sapevano leggere o scrivere; he couldn't sleep for weeks = non è riuscito a dormire per settimane; we could hear them laughing = li sentivamo ridere. When preceded by and dependent on a verb in the past tense, could + verb is translated by the past conditional of the appropriate Italian verb: I was sure you could do it = ero sicuro che saresti riuscito a farlo. In reported speech, could is translated by the appropriate past tense, according to the rules of Italian grammar (see the note 1.dire): she never told us she could speak Chinese = non ci ha mai detto che sapeva parlare il cinese. - For more examples, particular usages and all other uses of could see the entry below* * *[kud]negative short form - couldn't; verb1) (past tense of can: They asked if I could drive a car; I said I couldn't; She asked if she could go.) potere2) (used to express a possibility: I could go but I'm not going to; I could do it next week if you helped me.) potere•* * *[ forma debole kəd] [ forma forte kʊd]it could be that... — potrebbe essere che
could be — colloq. forse
"did she know?" - "no, how could she?" — "lo sapeva?" - "no, come avrebbe potuto?"
you couldn't come earlier, could you? — non potresti arrivare prima, vero?
6) (expressing likelihood, assumption)he couldn't be more than 10 years old — non dovrebbe avere o non avrà più di 10 anni
••I could murder him! — colloq. l'ammazzerei!
Note:Could is formally the past tense and the conditional of can. As the past tense of can, could is translated by the appropriate past tense in the indicative: I couldn't leave the children = non potevo lasciare i bambini / non potei lasciare i bambini; few people could read or write = poche persone sapevano leggere o scrivere; he couldn't sleep for weeks = non è riuscito a dormire per settimane; we could hear them laughing = li sentivamo ridere. When preceded by and dependent on a verb in the past tense, could + verb is translated by the past conditional of the appropriate Italian verb: I was sure you could do it = ero sicuro che saresti riuscito a farlo. In reported speech, could is translated by the appropriate past tense, according to the rules of Italian grammar (see the note 1.dire): she never told us she could speak Chinese = non ci ha mai detto che sapeva parlare il cinese. - For more examples, particular usages and all other uses of could see the entry below -
6 crucially
['kruːʃəlɪ]crucially important — di cruciale o suprema importanza
crucially, he was there — cosa fondamentale, lui era lì
* * *crucially /ˈkru:ʃəlɪ/avv.in modo cruciale; seriamente; gravemente: crucially important, di cruciale importanza; essenziale; Children were the most crucially affected, i bambini sono stati i più gravemente colpiti; crucially dependent on, che dipende in modo sostanziale da; More crucially, he said there was a major flaw in the program, cosa più importante, ha detto che c'era un grave difetto nel programma.* * *['kruːʃəlɪ]crucially important — di cruciale o suprema importanza
crucially, he was there — cosa fondamentale, lui era lì
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