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Contingent has two related uses. As an adjective, something is 'contingent on' something else when it depends on that thing happening first, like 'the picnic is contingent on good weather', meaning it will only happen if the weather is good. As a noun, a 'contingent' is a group of people sent to represent a larger group, like a country's contingent at the Olympics, or a group of soldiers.
形容詞：視情況而定、以…為條件；名詞：代表團、（軍隊的）分遣隊
原始詞典資料7 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
contingentnoun/kənˈtɪn.d͡ʒənt/
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An event which may or may not happen; that which is unforeseen, undetermined, or dependent on something in the future.
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That which falls to one in a division or apportionment among a number; a suitable share.
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governmentmilitarypoliticsA 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.
contingentadj/kənˈtɪn.d͡ʒənt/
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Possible or liable, but not certain, to occur.
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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.
- a contingent estate
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Not logically necessarily true or false.
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Temporary.
- contingent labor
- contingent worker
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。