好的,我将按照您的要求对"contingency"和"contingent"进行专业辨析:
1. 词性差异:
- contingency是名词(n.)
- contingent可作形容词(adj.)和名词(n.)
2. 核心语义对比:
? contingency(名词):
(1) 偶发事件/意外情况(强调不可预见性)
例:We have a contingency plan for power outages.
(我们制定了停电应急预案)
(2) 偶然性(哲学概念)
例:the contingency of human existence
(人类存在的偶然性)
? contingent ...(以上内容有节略,please sign in for more)
The quality of being contingent, of happening by chance; unpredictability. 1560s
A possibility; something which may or may not happen. A chance occurrence, especially in finance, unexpected expenses. 1610s
An amount of money which a party to a contract has to pay to the other party (usually the supplier of a major project to the client) if he or she does not fulfill the contract according to the specification.
A statement which is neither a tautology nor a contradiction.
An event which may or may not happen; that which is unforeseen, undetermined, or dependent on something future; a contingency.
That which falls to one in a division or apportionment among a number; a suitable share; proportion.
A quota of troops.
Possible or liable, but not certain to occur; incidental; casual.
(with upon or on) Dependent on something that is undetermined or unknown.
The quality of being contingent, of happening by chance; unpredictability. 1560s
A possibility; something which may or may not happen. A chance occurrence, especially in finance, unexpected expenses. 1610s
An amount of money which a party to a contract has to pay to the other party (usually the supplier of a major project to the client) if he or she does not fulfill the contract according to the specification.
A statement which is neither a tautology nor a contradiction.
An event which may or may not happen; that which is unforeseen, undetermined, or dependent on something future; a contingency.
That which falls to one in a division or apportionment among a number; a suitable share; proportion.
A quota of troops.
Possible or liable, but not certain to occur; incidental; casual.
(with upon or on) Dependent on something that is undetermined or unknown.