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contingence

/kuhn-tin-juhns/US // kənˈtɪn dʒəns //UK // (kənˈtɪndʒəns) //

突发事件,或然率,突发情况,或有

Related Words

predicament窘境,困境,困局,窘况accident事故,意外事故,意外,意外事件eventuality不可能的事,可能发生的情况,不测事件,可能发生的事情emergency紧急事件,紧急情况,紧急状况,紧急情况下possibility可能性,可能,可能的likelihood可能性,可能,可能的,可能的事touch触摸,接触,碰,联系tangency相切性,相切,相切关系,相切线joining加入,加盟,参加,入职

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : contact or tangency.

Synonyms & Antonyms

nouncontingency
Synonyms
accident事故,意外事故,意外,意外事件emergency紧急事件,紧急情况,紧急状况,紧急情况下eventuality不可能的事,可能发生的情况,不测事件,可能发生的事情likelihood可能性,可能,可能的,可能的事possibility可能性,可能,可能的predicament窘境,困境,困局,窘况
nouncontact
Synonyms
joining加入,加盟,参加,入职tangency相切性,相切,相切关系,相切线touch触摸,接触,碰,联系touching触摸,触摸的,感人的,感人

Examples

  • If we reflect on these considerations, the problem of determinism and of contingence will appear to us in a new light.

  • Here, therefore, are several different senses of the word contingence.

  • The one is an eternal and necessary truth, subject to no contingence, no possibility of the opposite.

  • Contingence not even applies to essence, let alone super-essence, vi.

  • Of Modality: Possibility—impossibility, existence—non-existence, necessity—contingence.

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