contingency
contingency
[kənˈtɪndʒ(ə)nsi]
(pl. -ies)
[kənˈtɪndʒ(ə)nsi]
(pl. -ies)
- a future event or circumstance which is possible but cannot be predicted with certainty
可能发生的事件（或情况）；不确定，灵活的事件（或情况）
a detailed contract which attempts to provide for all possible contingencies.
一份试图为所有可能发生的意外情况未雨绸缪的详细合同。
■a provision for such an events or circumstance
应急措施；应急储备
stores were kept as a contingency against a blockade.
备好储存品以作封锁应急措施。
■an incidental expense
应急开支
allow an extra fifteen per cent on the budget for contingencies.
在预算中额外增加百分之十五作为灵活开支。
■[mass noun]the absence of certainty in events
可能性；偶然性；不测，意外
the island's public affairs can occasionally be seen to be invaded by contingency.
偶尔能看见岛上的公共事务受到意外干扰。
■[mass noun](Philosophy)the absence of necessity; the fact of being so without having to be so
(哲)偶然性
- mid 16th cent. (in the philosophical sense): from late Latin contingentia (in its medieval Latin sense 'circumstance'), from contingere 'befall' (see contingent)
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