| 单词 | contingent |
| 释义 | contingent —contingently, adv. /keuhn tin"jeuhnt/, adj. 1. dependent for existence, occurrence, character, etc., on something not yet certain; conditional (often fol. by on or upon): Our plans are contingent on the weather. 2. liable to happen or not; uncertain; possible: They had to plan for contingent expenses. 3. happening by chance or without known cause; fortuitous; accidental: contingent occurrences. 4. Logic. (of a proposition) neither logically necessary nor logically impossible, so that its truth or falsity can be established only by sensory observation. n. 5. a quota of troops furnished. 6. any one of the representative groups composing an assemblage: the New York contingent at a national convention. 7. the proportion that falls to one as a share to be contributed or furnished. 8. something contingent; contingency. [1350-1400; late ME (prp.) ( < MF) < L contingent- (s. of contingens, prp. of contingere), equiv. to con- CON- + ting-, var. s. of tangere to touch + -ent- -ENT] |
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