contingent
队伍
definition
noun
a contingent of Japanese businessmen attending a conference
a group of people united by some common feature, forming part of a larger group.
adjective
the contingent nature of the job
subject to chance.
resolution of the conflict was contingent on the signing of a ceasefire agreement
occurring or existing only if (certain other circumstances) are the case; dependent on.
translation of 'contingent'
noun
局部,
队,
队伍
adjective
可能发生的,
附随的
example
The military 'contingent' is assisting the police by providing a secure environment so law and order can be re-established.
The extent of the tax difficulties will be established and the sellers will have to provide warranties to the purchasers to cover the 'contingent' liabilities.
Thus a reference to a singular 'contingent' fact to explain why you never succeed in killing your younger self seems not to fulfil the requirement of being an explanation.
Our Army's battlefield success is 'contingent' on the right information reaching the right soldier at the right time.
Another important area of concern to fiduciary investors is information transparency, in particular 'contingent' liabilities.
Too often, sales would close a major deal with a customer 'contingent' on a feature that engineering had dropped from the release a month before.
And since this law must have no content provided by sense or desire, or any other 'contingent' aspect of our situation, it must be universal.
Such a 'contingent' process may or may not be inefficient and there is nothing that guarantees a particular outcome.
They also recommended the issuance of a policy letter instructing award-fee officials to commit funds as 'contingent' liabilities when evaluation periods begin.
A guarantee, he asserted is a 'contingent' liability on the Consolidated Fund.
How might a 'contingent' fact be known on the basis of nothing empirical?
The postmodern perspective, on the other hand, views the movement of historical time to be radically 'contingent' and unpredictable.
The connections are of logical entailment rather than 'contingent' association.
Poland, which sent a small 'contingent' of troops to fight in the war, will command the north.
So the recognition of 'contingent' liabilities in a company's bank account is to create a fund; is that the proposition?
But these merely 'contingent' facts have no bearing on the question of whether the paradox has any logical force.
Most of our doors are double locked as though to emphasize the 'contingent' nature of dwelling.
A team of bomb disposal units and a 'contingent' of police officers arrived on the scene to examine the object.
However, when the train pulled into Salisbury, a large 'contingent' of police officers was waiting for it.
Where protest embodies an actual challenge to the stability of government power or ruling social elites, the 'contingent' nature of that right emerges.
The commander of the multinational division, incorporating our military 'contingent' , is empowered to ensure tactical interaction with the brigade.
Unfortunately, little comment on the subject in political debate deals with these 'contingent' matters.
For example, ‘Unicorns exist’ is a 'contingent' proposition.
The accompanying exhibition will feature the strongest-ever 'contingent' of Scots games producers.
It is not a mere question of genetics; heritage is not simply the legacy of blood-relations, but of a multiple and 'contingent' nature.
Now the works of men are 'contingent' , as being subject to free choice.
The new film is likely to be set before the Second World War, and could feature a strong 'contingent' of British stars.
Painters, we have seen, evinced a new sensitivity to the 'contingent' nature of their means of expression.
Explanations of the origins of capitalism have thus far taken its advent in Western Europe as a given rather than a 'contingent' fact to be explained.
They paid about $5 million for the assets, but there was a 'contingent' liability on the books for redundancy of $35 million.
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