2N-COUNT [oft adjective NOUN]代表团;代表队;代表群体 A contingent is a group of people representing a country or organization at a meeting or other event. 代表团;代表队;代表群体 [formal]
The strong British contingent suffered mixed fortunes.
实力雄厚的英国军团喜忧参半。
The whistles from the large contingent of England fans away to our left are deafening.
我们左边一大群英格兰球迷发出震耳欲聋的口哨声。
3ADJ 取决于…的;由…决定的 If something is contingent on something else, the first thing depends on the second in order to happen or exist. 取决于…的;由…决定的 [formal]
In effect, growth is contingent on improved incomes for the mass of the low-income population. [+ on/upon]
ADJECTIVE | VERB + CONTINGENT | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤large, strong, substantial人數眾多的分遣隊;實力強勁的代表團▸➤small小分隊▸➤military, police軍事/警察小分隊▸➤international, UN國際/聯合國代表團➤Brazilian, Canadian, etc.巴西、加拿大等代表團VERB + CONTINGENT➤lead帶領分遣隊▸➤send派遣代表團◇NATO agreed to send a peacekeeping contingent of 30 000 troops.北約同意派遣一支 3 萬人的維和分遣部隊。PREPOSITION➤contingent from來自⋯的代表團◇a strong contingent from Kyoto Art School來自京都藝術學校的實力強勁的代表團➤contingent of⋯分隊◇a large contingent of American troops一支人數眾多的美國分遣部隊