英语词汇“incumbent”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

in·cum·bent

(ĭn-kŭmbənt)

adj.

1. Imposed as an obligation or duty; obligatory: felt it was incumbent on us all to help.

2. Lying, leaning, or resting on something else: incumbent rock strata.

3. Currently holding a specified office: the incumbent mayor.

A person who holds an office or ecclesiastical benefice: The incumbent was reelected to another term.

[Middle English, holder of an office, from Medieval Latin incumbēns, incumbent-, from Latin, present participle of incumbere, to lean upon, apply oneself to : in-, on; see IN-² + -cumbere, to recline.]

in·cumbent·ly adv.

单词	incumbent
释义	in·cum·bent (ĭn-kŭmbənt) adj. 1. Imposed as an obligation or duty; obligatory: felt it was incumbent on us all to help. 2. Lying, leaning, or resting on something else: incumbent rock strata. 3. Currently holding a specified office: the incumbent mayor. n. A person who holds an office or ecclesiastical benefice: The incumbent was reelected to another term. [Middle English, holder of an office, from Medieval Latin incumbēns, incumbent-, from Latin, present participle of incumbere, to lean upon, apply oneself to : in-, on; see IN-² + -cumbere, to recline.] in·cumbent·ly adv.
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