contingency 音标拼音: [kənt'ɪndʒənsi]
n . 偶然,可能性,意外事故
偶然,可能性,意外事故
contingency 偶发事故 应急
contingency n 1 :
a possible event or occurrence or result [
synonym :
{
eventuality }, {
contingency }, {
contingence }]
2 :
the state of being contingent on something Contingency \
Con *
tin "
gen *
cy \,
n .;
pl . {
Contingencies }. [
Cf .
F .
contingence .]
1 .
Union or connection ;
the state of touching or contact .
"
Point of contingency ." --
J .
Gregory .
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2 .
The quality or state of being contingent or casual ;
the possibility of coming to pass .
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Aristotle says we are not to build certain rules on the contingency of human actions . --
South .
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3 .
An event which may or may not occur ;
that which is possible or probable ;
a fortuitous event ;
a chance .
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The remarkable position of the queen rendering her death a most important contingency . --
Hallam .
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4 .
An adjunct or accessory . --
Wordsworth .
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5 . (
Law )
A certain possible event that may or may not happen ,
by which ,
when happening ,
some particular title may be affected .
Syn :
Casualty ;
accident ;
chance .
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115 Moby Thesaurus words for "
contingency ":
accessory ,
accident ,
accidental ,
addendum ,
addition ,
adjunct ,
adventure ,
appendage ,
appurtenance ,
aptitude ,
aptness ,
auxiliary ,
bare possibility ,
blind bargain ,
borderline case ,
break ,
casualty ,
chance ,
chance hit ,
circumstance ,
collateral ,
coming to be ,
conceivability ,
conceivableness ,
condition ,
conjuncture ,
contingent ,
correlation ,
crisis ,
crossroads ,
dependence ,
double contingency ,
emergency ,
even chance ,
event ,
eventuality ,
eventuation ,
exigency ,
extra ,
fluke ,
fortuity ,
freak accident ,
gamble ,
good chance ,
good possibility ,
guess ,
hap ,
happening ,
happenstance ,
hazard ,
hope ,
incidence ,
incident ,
incidental ,
inessential ,
interrelation ,
juncture ,
liability ,
liableness ,
likelihood ,
likeliness ,
long odds ,
long shot ,
lucky shot ,
materialization ,
mere chance ,
nonessential ,
not -
self ,
obligation ,
occasion ,
occurrence ,
off chance ,
open question ,
opportunity ,
other ,
outside chance ,
outside hope ,
pass ,
piece of guesswork ,
pinch ,
possibility ,
possibleness ,
potential ,
potentiality ,
probability ,
proneness ,
prospect ,
question ,
realization ,
relativity ,
remote possibility ,
secondary ,
sight -
unseen transaction ,
small hope ,
strait ,
subsidiary ,
superaddition ,
supplement ,
the attainable ,
the feasible ,
the possible ,
thinkability ,
thinkableness ,
toss -
up ,
touch and go ,
turning point ,
undecided issue ,
unessential ,
virtuality ,
wager ,
weakness ,
what is possible ,
what may be ,
what might be ,
zero hour
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