“相互独立”常见的英文表达有 mutually independent 或 independent of each other。
mutually independent 是比较正式、严谨的表达,常用于数学、统计学、概率论等专业领域。例如:In probability theory, two events are mutually independent if the occurrence of one does not affect the probability of the occurrence of the other.(在概率论中,如果两个事件中一个事件的发生不影响另一个事件发生的概率,那么这两个事件就是相互独立的。 )
independent of each other 表述更为直白、通俗,在日常交流和一般性写作中经常使用。例如:The two tasks are independent of each other, so you can work on them simultaneously.(这两项任务相互独立,因此你可以同时进行。 )