contingence
英 [kən'tɪnjəns]
美
- n. 接触;相切;偶然性(等于contingency);意外事件;可能发生的附带事件
英英释义
- 1. a possible event or occurrence or result
英文词源
- contingence (n.)
- early 16c., from Medieval Latin *contingentia, from contingent- present participle stem of contingere "to touch" (see contact (n.)).