contingent

英[kən'tɪndʒənt] 美[kən'tɪndʒənt]
  • n. 代表团；小分队；偶然的事情
  • adj. 取决于；经验主义的；不可预知的
contingently
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星级词汇:
  • conad n.美国大陆防空司令部

详细释义

    adj. (形容词)
    1. 可能发生的，可能的 likely but not certain to happen;possible
    2. 有条件的 depending upon sth

英英释义

Noun:
  1. a gathering of persons representative of some larger group;

    "each nation sent a contingent of athletes to the Olympics"

  2. a temporary military unit;

    "the peacekeeping force includes one British contingent"

Adjective:
  1. possible but not certain to occur;

    "they had to plan for contingent expenses"

  2. determined by conditions or circumstances that follow;

    "arms sales contingent on the approval of congress"

  3. uncertain because of uncontrollable circumstances;

    "the results of confession were not contingent, they were certain"

双语例句

1. The first large contingent of troops touches down on American soil today.
第一批分遣大部队今天在美国着陆。

来自柯林斯例句

2. The crowd included a big contingent from Ipswich.
人群中有来自伊普斯威奇的一个人数众多的代表团。

来自柯林斯例句

3. The strong British contingent suffered mixed fortunes.
实力雄厚的英国军团喜忧参半。

来自柯林斯例句

4. The largest contingent was from the United States.
最大的会议代表团来自美国。

来自《权威词典》

5. The contingent marched in the direction of the Western Hills.
队伍朝西山的方向前进.

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

    用作名词 (n.)
    1. The largest contingent was from the United States.
      最大的会议代表团来自美国。
    2. A large contingent from Japan was present at the conference.
      来自日本的一个大代表团出席了会议。
    3. A contingent of 400 Thebans remained.
      一支400名的提佛人的小分队也留了下来。
    4. The naval contingent was expected to come.
      我们期望海军分遣队到来。
    5. The results of confession were not contingent, they were certain.
      供认的结果不是偶然的，而是必然的。
    6. A contingent proposition may be true and may equally be false.
      一个偶然的命题可能是正确的，也同样可能是错误的。
    用作形容词 (adj.)
    1. Our arrival time is contingent on the weather.
      我们的抵达时间取决于天气情况。
    2. Our plan for an outing is contingent on the weather.
      我们外出游玩的计划视天气而定。
    3. Some liabilities are contingent.
      有些债务是偶然发生。
    用作形容词 (adj.)
    用作表语 S+be+～+ prep. -phrase
    1. Whether or not we arrive on time is contingent on the weather.
      我们能否准时到，要视天气好坏而定。
    2. Such risks are contingent to the travel.
      这类危险在旅途中可能会发生。

用法讲解

adj. (形容词)
contingent, accidental, adventitious, casual, fortuitous, incidental
  • 这些词均有“偶然的,意外的”之意,其区别是：
  • accidental强调超出一般规律和常情; fortuitous 强调原因不明; casual 强调无意或无预谋,指人、行动、衣着时,常侧重随随便便或漠不关心; incidental 可指无计划的或不规则的。仅仅表示偶然发生的或非主要的、非真实的; adventitious 可与incidental 换用,但较为正式,侧重两者缺乏至关重要的联系,强调意外的收获或巧遇; 而contingent 强调事情发生的可能性和结果的不可预测性。

    • 相关词汇

    【邻近词汇】

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