contingency
contingency 英 [kənˈtɪndʒənsi] 美 [kənˈtɪndʒənsi]
n. 偶然性；[安全] 意外事故；可能性；[审计] 意外开支；[离散数学或逻辑学]偶然式
名词复数:contingencies
- If you plan to walk home if the weather is nice, but bring subway fare just in case, then taking the subway is your contingency plan. A contingency is an event you can't be sure will happen or not.
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- n. 偶然性；[安全] 意外事故；可能性；[审计] 意外开支；[离散数学或逻辑学]偶然式
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1. While this strategy doesn't cover every contingency, it acknowledges the existence of the unexpected.
尽管这个策略不能覆盖每一个可能性，但它承认不可预知性的存在。
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2. However, the Selective Service System remains in place as a contingency plan; men between the ages of 18 and 25 are required to register so that a draft can be readily resumed if needed.
然而，选征兵役制作为意外事故防范计划还保留着。 法律规定年纪18-25的公民必须进行登记注册，以备紧急需要时能迅速恢复义务兵役。
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3. As a manager, you must ensure that all test plans have contingency plans for dealing with problems.
作为管理者，你必须保证所有测试计划带有处理这些问题的偶然性计划。
- contingency (n.) 1560s, "quality of being contingent, openness to chance or free will, the possibility that that which happens might not have happened," from contingent + abstract noun suffix -cy. Meaning "a chance occurrence, an accident, an event which may or may not occur" is from 1610s.
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