contingent

释义

a. 或许发生的, 附随的, 偶然发生的\nn. 偶然事件, 分遣队 contingent on 视…而定；取决于… contingent claim 未定权益；或有求偿权；附带要求 contingent liability 或有负债；不确定债务；临时负债

例句

The enthymeme and the example must, then, deal with what is in the main contingent, the example being an induction, and the enthymeme a syllogism, about such matters.

推理论证和例证法因而必须处理主要的偶然事件，例证法是对此类事项的归纳推理，推理论证则是对其的三段论。