incumbent含义（incumbent在职者现任者）

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incumbent含义

Word of the Day : July 7, 2021

incumbent

在职者；现任者

noun in-KUM-bunt

Definition

1 : the holder of an office or ecclesiastical benefice

担任某一职位的人或教会的神职人员

2 : one that occupies a particular position or place

占据特定位置或地点的

Examples

"She also acknowledged a likelihood of having two relatively underfunded challengers take on the incumbent in a compressed election season with limited venues for campaigning." — Jeffrey S. Solochek, The Tampa Bay (Florida) Times, 12 June 2020

“她还表示，可能会有两个资金相对不足的挑战者在紧张的选举季和有限的竞选场地中挑战现任总统。”

"The incumbents for the Fayetteville and Rogers school boards all secured their seats for another term, while another incumbent in Fort Smith was defeated, according to final, unofficial results from Tuesday's school election." — Mary Jordan and Thomas Saccente, The (Little Rock) Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, 19 May 2021

“根据周二学校选举的最终非官方结果，费耶特维尔和罗杰斯两所学校的现任校长都保住了他们的席位，继续连任，而史密斯堡的另一位现任校长被击败。”

Did You Know?

When incumbent was first used in English in the 15th century, it referred to someone who occupied a benefice—a paid position in a church. This was often a lifetime appointment; the person could only be forced to leave the office in the case of certain specific legal conflicts. In the mid-17th century, incumbent came to refer to anyone holding any office, including elected positions. In the modern American political system, incumbent typically refers to someone who is the current holder of a position during an election for that position. The word also functions as an adjective with its most common meanings being "occupying a specified office" ("the incumbent mayor") and "obligatory" ("it is incumbent upon us to help"). Incumbent came to English through Anglo-French and derives from the Latin incumbere, meaning "to lie down on."

在 15 世纪，当 incumbent 首次在英语中使用时，它指的是一个在教堂中占据一席之地的人。 这通常是任用终生的； 只有在某些特定的法律冲突的情况下，才能强迫此人离开办公室。 在 17 世纪中叶，incumbent 是指任何担任任何职务的人，包括民选职位。在现代美国政治体系中，在任者通常指在某个职位的选举中目前担任该职位的人。这个词也用作形容词，其最常见的含义是“occupying a specified office「占据指定的职位」”（“the incumbent mayor「现任市长」”）和“obligatory「必须的」”（“it is incumbent upon us to help「帮助是我们必要的责任」”）。 Incumbent 通过英法传入英语，源自拉丁文 incumbere，意思是“to lie down on「躺下」”。

Test Your Vocabulary

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