contingency

名词 contingency:

1. a possible event or occurrence or result
   同义词：eventuality, contingence
2. the state of being contingent on something

1. Not equipped to meet a contingency.
   未应急的没有为应付紧急情况作好准备的
2. It's impossible to legislate for every contingency.
   为每一偶发事件都立法是不可能的。
3. The classification of propositions on the basis of whether they assert or deny the possibility, impossibility, contingency, or necessity of their content.
   模态逻辑命题的限制条件，建立在其内容的肯定或否定其可能性，不可能性，偶然性或必然性基础之上

con.tin.gen.cy

n.（名词）
【复数】 con.tin.gen.cies

An event that may occur but that is not likely or intended; a possibility.
不测事件：可能发生但可能性又不大或非预期的事件；可能性
A possibility that must be prepared for; a future emergency.
紧急情况：必须为其作好准备的可能的事或情况；未来的紧急情况
The condition of being dependent on chance; uncertainty.
偶然性：取决于机会的情形；不确定性
Something incidental to something else.
附带情况：伴随着别的事情发生的事情

【引伸】
contin.gency
adj.（形容词）