| 词汇 | incumbent |
| 释义 | incumbent adjective uk /ɪnˈkʌm.bənt/ us /ɪnˈkʌm.bənt/ [ before noun ] officially having the named position: 现任的;在职的 The incumbent president faces problems which began many years before he took office.现任总统面临着他上任前很多年就已开始出现的种种问题。 Types of employment admin administrative administrative assistant administratively at the coalfaceidiom job-sharing jobbing jobless joblessness jobseeker professionality qualified recertify redundancy redundant well qualified WFH white-collar who's whoidiom wilderness yearsidiom be incumbent on/upon someoneformal to be necessary for someone: （某人）义不容辞；（某人）必须履行 be incumbent on/upon someone to do somethingShe felt it was incumbent upon/on her to raise the subject at their meeting. incumbent noun[ C ] uk /ɪnˈkʌm.bənt/ us /ɪnˈkʌm.bənt/ the person who has or had a particular official position: 现任者，在职者 the first/last/previous incumbent第一任／上一任／前任 present incumbent (of)The present incumbent (of the post) is due to retire next month.（此职位的）现任者将于下个月退休。 Employees & colleagues alum alumna alumnae alumni alumnus compatriot employee girl goonda hireling homeworker nominee office politics office spouse operative oppo payroll peon self-starter workmate incumbent | American Dictionaryincumbent noun[ C ] us/ɪnˈkʌm·bənt/ incumbentnoun[C] (PERSON)politics & government (referring to the present time) a person who has a particular office or position, esp. an elected one: Senator Smith, the incumbent, faces a tough fight for reelection next year. incumbent adjective fmlus/ɪnˈkʌm·bənt/ incumbentadjective (NECESSARY)necessary: [ + to infinitive ]It is incumbent upon (= necessary for) all of us to create a safe community. incumbent | Business Englishincumbent noun[ C ] formaluk /ɪnˈkʌmbənt/us a person or business that holds a particular position in a company, market, industry, etc. at the present time: The incumbent has been awarded the airline's new advertising contract, despite stiff competition from other agencies. POLITICS the person who holds a particular elected position at the present time: Three new mayoral candidates intend to challenge the incumbent. incumbent adjective formaluk /ɪnˈkʌmbənt/us [ before noun ] holding a particular position in a company, industry, etc. at the present time: the incumbent management/director/supplier [ before noun ] POLITICS holding a particular elected position at the present time: the incumbent mayor/president/vice-president it is incumbent on sb to do sth someone has a duty or responsibility to do something: "I think it is incumbent on us to provide a good environment for business," he said. Examples of incumbentincumbent To control for this possibility, the data were quartiled on the basis of the incumbent party's support in the previous election. In this situation it was equally possible that other interested parties might want to strengthen the international reputation of the incumbent government. In this situation, voters face a standard inference problem of predicting the unobservable type (whether competent or not) of the incumbent from the observable policy. To see this, consider an incumbent who is running for an election. Our goal is not to question the importance of short-term economic performance judgements for voting for or against the incumbent in 1996. In settings where responsibility for policy making is most clear, incumbent politicians are held accountable for macroeconomic performances. When teachers in training are relying on researchers, it is incumbent that they be provided with clear explanations. Recall that the logic behind this result is that retrospective, incumbency-oriented voters will punish incumbents for poor economic performances. The incumbent operator enjoyed monopoly rents and did not want to give up this special status. The history of its (non-existent) bishopric was then traced down to the supposed last incumbent in the late eleventh century. More than others, they reward incumbents who preside over strong national economies and punish those who do not. This article shows that regime type determines the way and extent to which elections enable voters to reward or sanction incumbents. If so, the incumbent remains, and the challenger adapts another new platform. These risks consequently constrain the career choices of incumbents, including those with meaningful electoral capital. Furthermore, there are no term limits and parties are obliged to nominate incumbents desiring re-election regardless of their conduct in office. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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