| 词汇 | contingent |
| 释义 | contingent noun[ C, + sing/pl verb ] uk /kənˈtɪn.dʒənt/ us /kənˈtɪn.dʒənt/ a group of people representing an organization or country, or a part of a military force: （代表某一组织或国家的）代表团;（军队的）分遣队，小分队 The French contingent certainly made their presence known at this year's conference.法国代表团在今年的会议上确实表现出众。 a large contingent of voluntary soldiers一支由志愿兵组成的庞大分遣队 Parts of armies & groups of servicemen baggage train bomb disposal bomb squad cadre cavalry Coast Guardsman corps detachment firing squad militia patrol seal squad squadron ta task force the Coast Guard the Marine Corps the tip of the spearidiom WRAC You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Groups of people contingent adjective formaluk /kənˈtɪn.dʒənt/ us /kənˈtɪn.dʒənt/ contingent on/upon something depending on something else in the future in order to happen: 视…而定的；因…而变的；取决于…的 Outdoor activities are, as ever, contingent on the weather.室外活动从来都只能依天气而定。 contingent | American Dictionarycontingent noun[ C ] us/kənˈtɪn·dʒənt/ contingentnoun[C] (GROUP)a group of people representing an organization or country, or a part of a military force: The conservative contingent walked out of the convention when their plan was rejected. contingent adjective us/kənˈtɪn·dʒənt/ contingentadjective (DEPENDING)depending on or influenced by something else: Buying the new house was contingent on selling the old one. contingent | Business Englishcontingent adjective uk /kənˈtɪndʒənt/us depending on something else in the future in order to happen: contingent on/upon sthThe contract is contingent on approval by the Board of Trustees. Examples of contingentcontingent First, one might hold that pairs of corresponding ' will ' and ' will-not ' propositions about future contingents are neither true nor false. Thus, ' will ' and ' will-not ' propositions about future contingents are said to be neither true nor false. In so doing, the supervaluationist approach undermines the assumption that ' will ' and 'will not ' are contradictories, which in turn undermines the motivation for denying bivalence for future contingents. Although the percentage of right parties has no statistically significant influence for changes in total spending, legislatures with larger right-wing contingents are more likely to increase old-age pension expenditures. Identifying the ethnic groups under study occasioned a silly sense of obligation to note that the selection ' does not signify the denial of the relevance of other contingents ' (p. 151). However, the days when it was the primary scientific institution have passed, because the scientific research contingents of other institutions have caught up in quality and quantity. Within a matter of days, not weeks, there were contingents, numbering several thousand, from many different countries. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I think it has shown that the system of national contingents does not work. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I think that we are right in taking the view that peace-keeping should be based on the supply of national contingents. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The number of school contingents in the officers' training corps at its inception was 120 and is now 165. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Most other contributors have agreed to reinforce their contingents. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The provision of more detailed information on individual contingents would involve disproportionate cost and effort. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The senior and junior officers' training corps contingents were instituted in 1908; the cadet corps were first officially recognised in 1910. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Agreement in principle has now been reached on the selection of seven further national contingents. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Several contingents have been so supplied with instructors with very satisfactory results. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of contingent These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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