contingent

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a. 或许发生的, 附随的, 偶然发生的 n. 偶然事件, 分遣队

发音

其它 /kənˈtɪn.d͡ʒənt/
US /kənˈtɪn.d͡ʒənt/

词形变化

contingents 复数 contingents more contingent 比较级 most contingent 最高级

别名

contingential

教材释义与例句

名词

分遣队；偶然事件；分得部分；代表团

形容词

因情况而异的；不一定的；偶然发生的；可能的；依情况而定的；偶然的；有条件的

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    An event which may or may not happen; that which is unforeseen, undetermined, or dependent on something in the future.

  2. 2.

    That which falls to one in a division or apportionment among a number; a suitable share.

  3. 3.

    A quota of troops.

    政治 军事
adj.
  1. 1.

    Possible or liable, but not certain, to occur.

  2. 2.

    Dependent on something that is undetermined or unknown, that may or may not occur.

    The success of his undertaking is contingent upon events which he cannot control.

    a contingent estate

  3. 3.

    Not logically necessarily true or false.

  4. 4.

    Temporary.

    contingent labor

    contingent worker

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

detail

上位词 3

force gathering assemblage
形容词

近义相关 3

possible uncertain conditional

相关短语

contingent claim contingent remainder [经] 或有继承权 contingent remainders contingent claims contingent valuation contingent valuations contingent symbiosis

词源

From Middle English, from Old French contingent, from Medieval Latin contingens (“possible, contingent”), present participle of contingere (“to touch, meet, attain to, happen”), from com- (“together”) + tangere (“to touch”).

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