来自《耶鲁大学开放课程—哲学：死亡 第9集 第9集》

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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
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  And even if I never,
  即使我永不
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  over the entire course of existence of my car,
  在我的车的整个存在过程中
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  never get it painted,
  永不给它喷漆
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  so that from the moment it came into creation to the moment
  那么从下生产线开始的那一刻直到
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  it gets smashed it's always blue--
  它寿终正寝的那一刻 它始终是蓝色的
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  still, we understand perfectly well the idea
  我们也可以充分理解
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  that it could've been red.
  它也可以是红色的
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  There's nothing incompatible with the idea
  这与这辆车以红色形态存在
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  that this car exists and is red.
  并不矛盾
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  So that's an example of a contingent property.
  这就是偶然属性的一个例子