| 单词 | incumbency |
| 释义 | incumbency (once / 21297 pages) 1n 2n WORD FAMILY incumbency: incumbencies+/incumbent: incumbency, incumbents, superincumbent USAGE EXAMPLESThey don’t talk about how gerrymandering and the advantages of incumbency make it hard to defeat sitting lawmakers. New York Times(Nov 16, 2016) While Trump is more insurgent than statesman, his acceptance speech points hopefully to some moderating influence from incumbency. The Guardian(Nov 09, 2016) Hardy, 59, has the perks of incumbency but also a tendency toward verbal gaffes. Washington Times(Nov 08, 2016) 1 n a duty that is incumbent upon you 2Hyper duty, obligation, responsibility the social force that binds you to the courses of action demanded by that force 1n the office of an incumbent Hyper berth, billet, office, place, position, post, situation, spot a job in an organization 2n the term during which some position is held Syn|Hypo|Hyper tenure, term of office administration, presidency, presidential term the tenure of a president vice-presidency, vice-presidential termthe tenure of a vice president episcopatethe term of office of a bishop term a limited period of time |
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