incumbent
英 [?n'k?mb(?)nt]
美[?n'k?mb?nt]
- adj. 現任的；依靠的；負有職責的
- n. 在職者；現任者；領圣俸者
TEM8擴展詞匯CET6+GRE中低頻詞
詞態變化
復數:?incumbents;
助記提示
1. in- "on" + -cumbere "lie down".
中文詞源
incumbent 在任者
in-,進入，使，在上面，-cumb,躺，詞源同incubate,succumb.即躺在上面的，引申詞義在任者。
英文詞源
- 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" (see in- (2)) + -cumbere "lie down," related to cubare "to lie" (see cubicle). Extended to holders of any office from 1670s.
- incumbent (adj.)
- 1560s, in relation to duties or obligations, from Latin incumbentem (nominative incumbens), present participle of incumbere (see incumbent (n.)). The literal, physical sense is rare in English and first attested 1620s.
雙語例句
- 1. It is incumbent upon all of us to make an extra effort.
- 我們所有人都必須加倍努力。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. the present incumbent of the White House
- 現任美國總統
來自《權威詞典》
- 3. He defeated the incumbent governor by a large plurality.
- 他以壓倒多數票擊敗了現任州長.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 4. The old man is an incumbent.
- 那位老人是一位教區牧師.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 5. It is incumbent upon us to do so.
- 這樣做是我們義不容辭的責任.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》