contingent
英 [kənˈtɪndʒənt] 美 [kənˈtɪndʒənt]

adj.

依情况而定的；取决于…的；

n.

分遣队；代表团；

变形

复数：contingents

双语释义

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

contingent

• n.
  • a gathering of persons representative of some larger group

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

  • a temporary military unit

    "the peacekeeping force includes one British contingent"

    同义词：detail

• adj.
  • possible but not certain to occur

    "they had to plan for contingent expenses"

  • determined by conditions or circumstances not yet established

    "arms sales contingent on the approval of congress"

    同义词：contingent on(p)dependent on(p)dependant on(p)depending on(p)

  • uncertain because of uncontrollable circumstances

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

词组短语

contingent on视…而定；取决于…

contingent claim未定权益；或有求偿权；附带要求

contingent liability或有负债；不确定债务；临时负债

双语例句

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。

权威例句

Contingent decision behavior.
Contingent weighting in judgment and choice.
Contingent Genetic Regulatory Events in T Lymphocyte Activation
A Contingent Resource-Based View of Proactive Corporate Environmental Strategy
Place as Historically Contingent Process: Structuration and the Time- Geography of Becoming Places
Task complexity and contingent processing in decision making: An information search and protocol analysis.
Should Blacks Represent Blacks and Women Represent Women? A Contingent "Yes"
Ethical Decision Making by Individuals in Organizations: An Issue-Contingent Model
Visual and oculomotor functions of monkey substantia nigra pars reticulata. III. Memory-contingent visual and saccade responses.
Measuring the total economic value of restoring ecosystem services in an impaired river basin: results from a contingent valuation s...