contingents是什么意思？

contingents

• n. （志趣相投、尤指来自同一地方的）一组与会者( contingent的名词复数 )，代表团，（军队的）分遣队，小分队；

例句

• The internal security forces are composed of contingents and mobile divisions. 内卫部队由各总队和机动师组成.
• We were forced to rely on French contingents. 我们势必被迫依恃法国驻军.
• There were contingents from the navies of virtually all EU countries. 几乎欧盟各国都派出了海军分队。

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• N-COUNT
  (警察、军队或军用车辆的)分遣队，小分队
  A contingent of police, soldiers, or military vehicles is a group of them.
  例句
  Nigeria provided a large contingent of troops to the West African Peacekeeping Force... 尼日利亚向西非维和部队派遣了一大批军队。 There were contingents from the navies of virtually all EU countries. 几乎欧盟各国都派出了海军分队。
• N-COUNT
  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.
  例句
  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。
• ADJ
  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.
  例句
  In effect, growth is contingent on improved incomes for the mass of the low-income population. 事实上，发展有赖于大量低收入人群收入的增长。