be independent from独立于……与之相对的是be dependent on依靠,依赖
2.The study also found that more than one-quarter of American adults have left the religion in which they were raised.
more than超过,多于
这里要注意的是与之相关的两个短语:
no more than not more than
no more than 不过,仅仅
例句:He is no more than a worker.
他仅仅是个工人。
It's no more than a mile to the shops.
离商业区不过一英里。
not more than 至多,不超过,不比...更...
例句:I'll stay here not more than three days.
我将待在这里最多不超过三天。
It is not more than thirty miles from London as he crow flies.
从这里到伦敦,直线距离至多30英里。