| 词汇 | incumbent |
| 释义 | incumbentWord family nounincumbencyadjectiveincumbentadverbincumbently Officials in·cum·bent1 /ɪnˈkʌmbənt/ noun [countableC] formal PGOBECsomeone who has been elected to an official position, especially in politics, and who is doing that job at the present time 在职者，现任者〔尤指政治职位〕 In the June elections, Morris easily defeated the incumbent, Tom Smith. 在6月的大选中，莫里斯轻松击败了在任的汤姆·史密斯。 Examples from the Corpus incumbent• An incumbent by definition is the status quo.• Races for the U. S. Senate, on the other hand, favor incumbents.• The 50-year-old incumbent and the 72-year-old challenger appeared equally relaxed, forceful and well rehearsed.• He decided to dispense with the goodlooking, personable high-achiever destined to succeed and instead back the incumbent of this space.• Steiner easily beat the incumbent to become governor.• It was a role befitting a challenger debating the incumbent.• The incumbent is now off in hot pursuit of government funding for the much-enlarged interoperability lab, see above. incumbent2 adjectiveadj formal 1 it is incumbent upon/on somebody to do something formal RESPONSIBLEif it is incumbent upon you to do something, it is your duty or responsibility to do it 做某事是某人的职务[责任] It is incumbent upon parents to control what their children watch on TV. 控制孩子看什么样的电视节目是父母的责任。 2. the incumbent president/priest/government etc formal PGOBECthe president etc at the present time 现任总统/现任牧师/本届政府等 Examples from the Corpus the incumbent president/priest/government etc• Efficiency is the principle that voters ought to be able to assess the responsibility of and exercise control over the incumbent government.• Labour would then benefit from the extra coverage given to the incumbent government.• At the same time, as the incumbent President, he is also answerable for the state of the nation.• Like Clinton 12 years later, he possessed in volume what the incumbent president, Jimmy Carter, lacked. Examples from the Corpus incumbent• Mitchell was to face Republican incumbent Carroll Campbell.• He was defeated by incumbent Democrat J. Bennett Johnston who polled 54 percent.• In addition, incumbent firms have actively carried out strategic moves.• Carter suffered the worse electoral defeat of any incumbent President ever, including Herbert Hoover in 1932.• Bhattarai, the incumbent Prime Minister, had lost his seat in the election. From Longman Business Dictionary incumbentin·cum·bent1 /ɪnˈkʌmbənt/ noun [countableC] 1the person who has a particular job or position at this time, rather than one who wants it or may have it later Nine out of ten incumbents who seek re-election win. 2the company that has work from a particular customer at this time The company decided to move the account from the incumbent, Grey Advertising, to another agency. incumbentincumbent2 adjectiveadj it is incumbent on somebody to do something formal if it is incumbent on you to do something, it is your duty or responsibility to do it It is incumbent on us to finalize this transaction so that our shareholders can receive their annual premium. (1400-1500) Latin present participle of incumbere “to lie down on” |
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