Independence ---------s.c.. Dictionary ------Wang Wei.

Independence

---------s.c.

Dictionary

------Wang Wei

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English(4th edition)

1 political freedom from control by the government of another country : 〔 +from 〕

Nigeria gained independence from Britain in 1960.2 the time when a country becomes politically

independent The country has made great advances since indep

endence.3 the freedom and ability to make your own d

ecisions in life, without having to ask other people for permission, help, or money

Having a job gives you financial independence.

Translation

Independence 独立 Du Li

• Grow up to be independence

• Mature

Experience

—— Yuan Peng

Experience• When I was a young girl, my father always told me that I

needed to be an independent person and stood no my own to solve problems. I remembered that my father took me to climb when I was 5. We went to the top of the mountain by way of a small stream. My father did not carry me to cross the stream. He asked me to choose the way which is not dangerous and cross the stream on my own. If I chose the wrong or unsafe place, he would tell me and gave me reasons why I could not go in this road. He often let me make a decision no matter where we were and what problems we faced. My father trained me to be an independent person, as boys were.

Independence is the self-government of a nation, country, or state by its residents and population, or some portion thereof, generally exercising sovereignty.

The term independence is used in contrast to subjugation, which refers to a region as a "territory" —subject to the political and military control of an external government. The

word is sometimes used in a weaker sense to contrast with hegemony, the indirect control of one nation by another, more powerful nation.

Independence can be the initial status of an emerging nation (often filling a political void), but is often an emancipation from some dominating power. It can be argued that

independence is a negative definition: the state of not being controlled by another power through colonialism, expansionism or imperialism. Independence may be obtained by

decolonization, or by separation or dissolution.Although the last three can often coincide with it, they are not to be confused with revolution, which typically refers to the violent overthrow of a ruling authority. This

sometimes only aims to redistribute power—with or without an element of emancipation, such as in democratization—within a state, which as such may remain unaltered. The

Russian October Revolution, for example, was not intended to seek national independence; the United States Revolutionary War, however, was

Independence is the self-government of a nation, country, or state by its residents and population, or some portion thereof, generally exercising sovereignty.

A personification of independence as represented by a statue in The American Adventure in the World Showcase pavilion of Walt Disney World's Epcot.