Contingent

(noun.) a gathering of persons representative of some larger group; 'each nation sent a contingent of athletes to the Olympics'.

(noun.) a temporary military unit; 'the peacekeeping force includes one British contingent'.

(adj.) uncertain because of uncontrollable circumstances; 'the results of confession were not contingent, they were certain'- George Eliot .

(adj.) determined by conditions or circumstances that follow; 'arms sales contingent on the approval of congress' .

(adj.) possible but not certain to occur; 'they had to plan for contingent expenses' .

录入:莫伊拉

• Such objections as the above would be fatal to my view, if it included advance in organisation as a necessary contingent. 查尔斯·达尔文. 物种起源.
• Also a contingent of 400 Thebans remained. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• This intermediate or contingent matter is and is not at the same time, and partakes both of existence and of non-existence. 柏拉图. 理想国.
• It is to the Ph?nician contingent and to Aramean accessions in Babylon that the financial and commercial tradition of the Jews is to be ascribed. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• The Thespian contingent of 700, however, refused to fall back. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• The Prussian contingent had surrendered to the Russians; the Austrians had gone homeward to the south. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• The financial and commercial interests of the country were in panic; but the pool persevered in its effort to corner gold, with a profit of many millions contingent on success. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• It is not probable that variability is an inherent and necessary contingent, under all circumstances. 查尔斯·达尔文. 物种起源.
• The money which I brought into the family, sir, Lady George cried out-- You purchased a contingent reversion with it, the Marquis said darkly. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• It was another huge medley of contingents, and it relied for its chief force upon that now antiquated weapon, the war chariot. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• The nucleus of his army marched from Susa, gathering up contingents as they made their way to the Bosphorus. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.

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