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10 Language-to-English Dictionaries应急情况
Pronunciation / Transliteration: yìngjí qíngkuàng
"我们需要为各种应急情况做好准备。"
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A future event or circumstance which is possible but cannot be predicted with certainty.
"We must be prepared for every contingency."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Latin 'contingentia', meaning 'happening by chance', from the verb 'contingere' (to touch, happen, befall). By the 17th century, the term evolved in English to denote an event that is possible but uncertain, eventually broadening into a provision for unforeseen circumstances.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Contingency" is said worldwide
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imprévu
Transliteration: imprévu
"Il faut prévoir toutes les imprévus."
Eventualität
Transliteration: Eventualitaet
"Wir sind auf alle Eventualitäten vorbereitet."
eventualità
Transliteration: eventualita
"Dobbiamo essere preparati a ogni eventualità."
contingencia
Transliteration: contingencia
"El plan incluye fondos para cualquier contingencia."
contingência
Transliteration: contingencia
"Criamos um plano de contingência para o projeto."
आकस्मिकता
Transliteration: aakasmikta
"हमें किसी भी आकस्मिकता के लिए तैयार रहना चाहिए।"
应急情况
Transliteration: yìngjí qíngkuàng
"我们需要为各种应急情况做好准备。"
만약의 사태
Transliteration: manyag-ui satae
"우리는 만약의 사태에 대비해야 합니다."
不測の事態
Transliteration: fusoku no jitai
"不測の事態に備えて計画を立てる。"
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