incumbent
incumbent 英 [ɪnˈkʌmbənt] 美 [ɪnˈkʌmbənt]
adj. 现任的；依靠的；负有职责的 n. 在职者；现任者；领圣俸者
名词复数:incumbents
- An incumbent is an official who holds an office. If you want to run for congress, you're going to have to beat the incumbent.
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- adj. 现任的；依靠的；负有职责的
- n. 在职者；现任者；领圣俸者
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1. Particularly if you have got an incumbent president and we no longer stick to the public financing, which was a result of the Watergate scandal.
特别是如果你有一个现任总统，同时我们也不再坚持使用公共资金作为竞选经费，那样的话就会发生水门事件那样的丑闻。
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2. As several writers point out in this journal, this is the first election in 80 years with no incumbent president or vice president running for office.
诚如本期中的多位作者所指出的，这是美国80年来首次既无现任总统又无现任副总统参加竞选的选举。
- incumbent (adj.) 1560s, in relation to duties or obligations, from Medieval Latin incumbentem (nominative incumbens), present participle of incumbere (see incumbent (n.)). The literal, physical sense "lying or resting on something" is rare in English and first attested 1620s.
- incumbent (n.) early 15c., "person holding a church position," from Medieval Latin incumbentem (nominative incumbens) "holder of a church position," noun use of present participle of incumbere "to obtain or possess," from Latin incumbere "recline on," figuratively "apply oneself to," from in- "on" (from PIE root *en "in") + -cumbere "lie down," related to cubare "to lie" (see cubicle). Extended to holders of any office from 1670s.
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