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- subject to chance偶然（发生）的; 意外的; 可能的：
the contingent nature of the job.
这份工作的机遇性。
1.1
- (of losses, liabilities, etc.) that can be anticipated to arise if a particular event occurs（损失, 责任等）附带的。
1.2
- true by virtue of the way things in fact are and not by logical necessity以事实为依据的; 非逻辑必然的, 偶然的; 不一定的。
2
- predic.
contingent on/upon
occurring or existing only if (certain other circumstances) are the case; dependent on依条件而发生（或存在）的, 视（情况）而发生（或存在）的： resolution of the conflict was contingent on the signing of a ceasefire agreement.
冲突的化解取决于停火协议的签署。
1
- a group of people united by some common feature, forming part of a larger group（构成较大集团的）一组人。
1.1
- a body of troops or police sent to join a larger force in an operation分遣队, 小分队。
派生词
contingently
adverb词源
late Middle English （in the sense 'of uncertain occurrence'）： from Latin contingere 'befall', from con- 'together with' + tangere 'to touch'. The noun sense was originally 'something happening by chance', then 'a person's share resulting from a division, a quota'; the current sense dates from the early 18th cent.