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contingent 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 (1) 最大的会议代表团来自美国。(2) 来自日本的一个大代表团出席了会议。(3) 一支400名的提佛人的小分队也留了下来。(4) 我们期望海军分遣队到来。(5) 供认的结果不是偶然的，而是必然的。(6) 一个偶然的命题可能是正确的，也同样可能是错误的。(7) 我们的抵达时间取决于天气情况。(8) 我们外出游玩的计划视天气而定。(9) 有些债务是偶然发生。 When something is contingent it means that the possibility of an event or situation depends on another happening or being true first. For example, sometimes people want to buy a new house but they make the purchase of the house they want to buy contingent upon someone else buying their old house first. That way they don't end up owning two houses!

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英 [kən'tɪndʒənt] 美 [kən'tɪndʒənt] (1) The largest contingent was from the United States.(2) A large contingent from Japan was present at the conference.(3) A contingent of 400 Thebans remained.(4) The naval contingent was expected to come.(5) The results of confession were not contingent, they were certain.(6) A contingent proposition may be true and may equally be false.(7) Our arrival time is contingent on the weather.(8) Our plan for an outing is contingent on the weather.(9) Some liabilities are contingent. The adjective contingent can be used to describe when something can occur only when something else does first. Making money is contingent on finding a good-paying job. 1[N-COUNT 可数名词](警察、军队或军用车辆的)分遣队，小分队 A contingent of police, soldiers, or military vehicles is a group of them.   [usu with supp]  [FORMAL 正式]Nigeria provided a large contingent of troops to the West African Peacekeeping Force...尼日利亚向西非维和部队派遣了一大批军队。There were contingents from the navies of virtually all EU countries.几乎欧盟各国都派出了海军分队。2[N-COUNT 可数名词]代表团；代表队；代表群体 A contingent is a group of people representing a country or organization at a meeting or other event.   [usu with supp]  [FORMAL 正式]The strong British contingent suffered mixed fortunes...实力雄厚的英国军团喜忧参半。The whistles from the large contingent of England fans away to our left are deafening.我们左边一大群英格兰球迷发出震耳欲聋的口哨声。3[ADJ 形容词]取决于…的；由…决定的 If something is contingent on something else, the first thing depends on the second in order to happen or exist.   [usu ADJ on/upon n/-ing]  [FORMAL 正式]In effect, growth is contingent on improved incomes for the mass of the low-income population.事实上，发展有赖于大量低收入人群收入的增长。

英语单词	contingent
英美音标	英 [kən'tɪndʒənt] 美 [kən'tɪndʒənt]
中文释义	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
英语例句	(1) The largest contingent was from the United States. (2) A large contingent from Japan was present at the conference. (3) A contingent of 400 Thebans remained. (4) The naval contingent was expected to come. (5) The results of confession were not contingent, they were certain. (6) A contingent proposition may be true and may equally be false. (7) Our arrival time is contingent on the weather. (8) Our plan for an outing is contingent on the weather. (9) Some liabilities are contingent.
中文例句	(1) 最大的会议代表团来自美国。 (2) 来自日本的一个大代表团出席了会议。 (3) 一支400名的提佛人的小分队也留了下来。 (4) 我们期望海军分遣队到来。 (5) 供认的结果不是偶然的，而是必然的。 (6) 一个偶然的命题可能是正确的，也同样可能是错误的。 (7) 我们的抵达时间取决于天气情况。 (8) 我们外出游玩的计划视天气而定。 (9) 有些债务是偶然发生。
vocabulary简明	The adjective contingent can be used to describe when something can occur only when something else does first. Making money is contingent on finding a good-paying job.
vocabulary扩展	When something is contingent it means that the possibility of an event or situation depends on another happening or being true first. For example, sometimes people want to buy a new house but they make the purchase of the house they want to buy contingent upon someone else buying their old house first. That way they don't end up owning two houses!
柯林斯解释	1 [N-COUNT 可数名词](警察、军队或军用车辆的)分遣队，小分队 A contingent of police, soldiers, or military vehicles is a group of them. [usu with supp] [FORMAL 正式] Nigeria provided a large contingent of troops to the West African Peacekeeping Force... 尼日利亚向西非维和部队派遣了一大批军队。 There were contingents from the navies of virtually all EU countries. 几乎欧盟各国都派出了海军分队。 2 [N-COUNT 可数名词]代表团；代表队；代表群体 A contingent is a group of people representing a country or organization at a meeting or other event. [usu with supp] [FORMAL 正式] The strong British contingent suffered mixed fortunes... 实力雄厚的英国军团喜忧参半。 The whistles from the large contingent of England fans away to our left are deafening. 我们左边一大群英格兰球迷发出震耳欲聋的口哨声。 3 [ADJ 形容词]取决于…的；由…决定的 If something is contingent on something else, the first thing depends on the second in order to happen or exist. [usu ADJ on/upon n/-ing] [FORMAL 正式] In effect, growth is contingent on improved incomes for the mass of the low-income population. 事实上，发展有赖于大量低收入人群收入的增长。

Contingent Large House [Usu [Formal 正式 True Weather