contingency

英 [kən'tɪndʒənsi] 美 [kən'tɪndʒənsi]

• n. 偶发事件；偶然；依附条件，制约条件

英英释义

名词 contingency:

1. a possible event or occurrence or result

2. the state of being contingent on something

经典引文

• 'Twas a matter of contingency, which might happen or not.

  出自： L. Sterne

• The War, the absolute rule of chance, their own pitiable contingency here, in its midst.

  出自： T. Pynchon