contingent英语原文释义、词形变化、词源和词汇关系

英文释义

名词 n.

An event which may or may not happen; that which is unforeseen, undetermined, or dependent on something in the future.
That which falls to one in a division or apportionment among a number; a suitable share.
A quota of troops.

— Arrests and prosecutions intensified after Isis captured Mosul in June, but the groundwork had been laid by an earlier amendment to Jordan’s anti-terrorism law. It is estimated that 2,000 Jordanians have fought and 250 of them have died in Syria – making them the third largest Arab contingent in Isis after Saudi Arabians and Tunisians.

形容词 adj.

Possible or liable, but not certain, to occur.
Dependent on something that is undetermined or unknown, that may or may not occur.

— The success of his undertaking is contingent upon events which he cannot control.
Not logically necessarily true or false.
Temporary.

— contingent labor

词形变化

contingents plural more contingent comparative most contingent superlative

词汇关系

反义词

noncontingent

衍生词

contact contingence contingency contingentism contingently contingentness

词源

词源 1

From Middle English, from Old French contingent (whence con- and -ent), from Medieval Latin contingens (“possible, contingent”), present participle of contingere (“to touch, meet, attain to, happen”), from com- (“together”) + tangere (“to touch”).

词源 2

From Middle English, from Old French contingent (whence con- and -ent), from Medieval Latin contingens (“possible, contingent”), present participle of contingere (“to touch, meet, attain to, happen”), from com- (“together”) + tangere (“to touch”).