a group of people at a meeting or an event who have something in common, especially the place they come from, that is not shared by other people at the event （志趣相投、尤指来自同一地方的）一组与会者，代表团 The largest contingent was from the United States. 最大的会议代表团来自美国。 A strong contingent of local residents were there to block the proposal. 由当地居民组成的强大的代表团在那里阻止通过这项提案。
Extra Examplesa strong contingent from Camberwell Art School 来自坎伯威尔艺术学校的实力犟劲的代表团 A seven-strong French diplomatic contingent arrived in the capital city yesterday. 一个七人的法国外交代表团昨天抵达首都。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- large
- strong
- substantial
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- lead
- send
- contingent from
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a group of soldiers that are part of a larger force （军队的）分遣队，小分队 The French contingent in the UN peacekeeping force withdrew. 联合国维和部队的法国分队撤离了。
Extra ExamplesTopics War and conflictc2a large contingent of American troops 一支人数众多的美国分遣部队 Many large cities provided substantial contingents for the war effort. 许多大城市为战争提供了大量部队。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- large
- strong
- substantial
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- lead
- send
- contingent from
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Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘of uncertain occurrence’): from Latin contingere ‘befall’, from con- ‘together with’ + tangere ‘to touch’. The noun sense was originally ‘something happening by chance’, then ‘a person's share resulting from a division, a quota’; the current sense dates from the early 18th cent.