Contingency



GRE

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n. 意外事件
• ???a. an event (as an emergency) that may but is not certain to occur ［trying to provide for every contingency］
• ????b. something liable to happen as an adjunct to or result of something else

Webster Collegiate

noun (plural -cies)

• Date: 1561
• 1. the quality or state of being contingent
• 2. a contingent event or condition: as
  • a. an event (as an emergency) that may but is not certain to occur <trying to provide for every contingency
  • b. something liable to happen as an adjunct to or result of something else
• Synonyms: see juncture

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