independents

基本解釋

Mr Windsor says the mining tax should be rethought as part of an overall tax-reform conference that the independents demand for mid-2011.
溫莎說，獨立議員將在2011中期選舉中提出在全體稅收改革計劃討論中重新考慮這項采礦稅。
Her first cabinet contained only two members with previous ministerial experience; half of its members were women and several were independents.
她的第一任內閣僅有兩名成員過去有著部長經歷；其中一半的成員是女性，有幾個則是獨立政客。
Because independents, Democrats and Republicans vote on the same ballot, “you do tend to get people who fit the centre of the electorate, ” he says.
因為獨立人士，民主黨人和共和黨人在同一次投票中做出決定， “你的確偏向于那些代表人民的候選人， ”他說。

In eighteen seventy-seven, Edgar Degas came to her studio and asked her to join his group of artists who called themselves the Independents.
You have left the Presbyterians and the Independents, and at this point the Presbyterians are in firm control.
剩下的是長老派成員和無黨派人士，這時候，長老派成員獲得了完全的控制權。
耶魯公開課 - 彌爾頓課程節(jié)選
The Independents resented the new authoritarianism of the Presbyterians, a relatively new phenomenon on the English cultural landscape.
無黨派對長老派的獨裁主義非常憎恨，一個相對新的在英國歷史現(xiàn)象。
耶魯公開課 - 彌爾頓課程節(jié)選

That includes three-quarters of Republicans, nine in 10 Democrats and more than eight in 10 independents.
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If one thing or person is independent of another, they are separate and not connected, so the first one is not affected or influenced by the second.
independently
If someone is independent, they do not need help or money from anyone else.
independently
Independent countries and states are not ruled by other countries but have their own government.
An independent organization or other body is one that controls its own finances and operations, rather than being controlled by someone else.
An independent inquiry or opinion is one that involves people who are not connected with a particular situation, and should therefore be fair.
An independent politician is one who does not represent any political party.
An independent is an independent politician.