contingency

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The quality of being contingent, of happening by chance. uncountable
  2. A possibility; something which may or may not happen. A chance occurrence, especially in finance, unexpected expenses. countable
    — There was also the imperative necessity of creating a reserve fund for unforeseen contingencies, and the question ever present was how was money to be found.
  3. An amount of money which a party to a contract has to pay to the other party (usually the supplier of a major project to the client) if they do not fulfill the contract according to the specification. countable
  4. A statement which is neither a tautology nor a contradiction. countable

词形变化

contingencies plural

词汇关系

反义词
noncontingency
相关词
contingency cost contingency plan contingency table

词源

From contingence + -y (16th century).
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