来自《耶鲁大学开放课程—哲学：死亡 第9集 第9集》

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  that an object may have,
  物体可能具有的属性
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  may happen to have its entire existence,
  可能伴随着物体的整个存在过程
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  but could've existed without.
  但是物体没有它也能存在
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  So my car is blue.
  比方说 我的车是蓝色的
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  That's a contingent property of my car.
  这是我的车的偶然属性
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  I could take it to the paint shop
  我可以把它开到烤漆店
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  and get it painted red,
  把它涂成红色
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  in which case it would be red.
  这样它就是红色的了
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  It would no longer be blue,
  它不再是蓝色的了
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  but the car would still exist.
  但车还是那车
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  My car is blue, but it could be red;
  我的车是蓝色的 但也可以是红色的
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  it could exist as a red car.
  它可以作为一辆红色的车存在