| 单词 | contingency |
| 释义 | contingency (once / 1422 pages) n If you plan to walk home if the weather is nice, but bring subway fare just in case, then taking the subway is your contingency plan. A contingency is an event you can't be sure will happen or not. The noun contingency describes something that might or might not happen. We use it to describe an event or situation that is a possible outcome but one that's impossible to predict with certainty. A company might have a contingency plan for what to do if something goes wrong with their primary strategy, also known as "plan B." They might even have plans C, D, and E, to prepare for multiple contingencies. WORD FAMILYcontingency: contingencies+/contingent: contingency, contingently, contingents USAGE EXAMPLESThe first few precious moments of "A New Hope" follow the angry revolutionary pulling together a contingency plan to smuggle spy documents off a spaceship. Los Angeles Times(Dec 23, 2016) It is prompting some brands to pre-emptively draft informal contingency plans, and others, like H&R Block, to spend money shoring up their reputation. New York Times(Dec 25, 2016) Tillerson remained a contingency, but his stock was starting to rise. Washington Post(Dec 13, 2016) 1n the state of being contingent on something Hyper dependance, dependence, dependency the state of relying on or being controlled by someone or something else 2n a possible event or occurrence or result Syn|Hyper contingence, eventuality happening, natural event, occurrence, occurrent an event that happens |
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