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Contingency

Definition / 释义

contingency(名词):可能发生但不确定的事情;突发情况;(为应对突发情况而做的)预案/备用安排。在哲学语境中也常指“偶然性”(与“必然性”相对)。

Pronunciation / 发音

/ kənˈtɪn.dʒən.si /

Examples / 例句

We have a contingency plan in case the flight is canceled.
我们有一份应急预案,以防航班被取消。

Funding will be released only after contingencies like inflation and supply shortages are accounted for.
只有在把通货膨胀、供应短缺等不确定因素纳入考虑后,资金才会拨付。

Etymology / 词源

源自拉丁语 contingere(“碰到、发生”),由 **con-**(“共同、一起”)+ tangere(“触碰”)构成,后来在英语中发展出“可能发生的情况、偶然事件、应急事项”等含义。

Related Words / 相关词

Literary Works / 文学作品例证

  • Contingency, Irony, and Solidarity(Richard Rorty)
  • Contingencies of Value: Alternative Perspectives for Critical Theory(Barbara Herrnstein Smith)
  • The Contingency of Modernity: Essays on the Thought of Jürgen Habermas(编著论文集,书名含该词)
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