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]