incumbent的意思|incumbent的解释-里氏词典

incumbent [in'kʌmbәnt]

a. 现任的, 依靠的, 负有义务的

n. 领圣俸者, 在职者

[医] 内向的(植物)

incumbent

[ noun ]

the official who holds an office

<noun.person>

[ adj ]

lying or leaning on something else

<adj.all>

an incumbent geological formation

necessary (for someone) as a duty or responsibility; morally binding

<adj.all>

it is incumbent on them to pay their own debts

currently holding an office

<adj.all>

the incumbent governor

Incumbent \In*cum"bent\, a. [L. incumbens, -entis, p. pr. of
incumbere to lie down upon, press upon; pref. in- in, on +
cumbere (in comp.); akin to cubare to lie down. See
{Incubate}.]
1. Lying; resting; reclining; recumbent; superimposed;
superincumbent.

Two incumbent figures, gracefully leaning upon it.
--Sir H.
Wotton.

To move the incumbent load they try. --Addison.

2. Lying, resting, or imposed, as a duty or obligation;
obligatory; always with on or upon.

All men, truly zealous, will perform those good
works that are incumbent on all Christians. --Sprat.

3. (Bot.) Leaning or resting; -- said of anthers when lying
on the inner side of the filament, or of cotyledons when
the radicle lies against the back of one of them. --Gray.

4. (Zo["o]l.) Bent downwards so that the ends touch, or rest
on, something else; as, the incumbent toe of a bird.

Incumbent \In*cum"bent\, n.
A person who is in present possession of a benefice or of any
office.

The incumbent lieth at the mercy of his patron.
--Swift.

The incumbent Social Democrats, or SPD, won 45%, a strong recovery from the 41.7% they won in the November election that resulted in a deadlock with the opposition Christian Democrats.
In the three races for open Senate seats, it is the incumbent House members who have the clear fund-raising edge.
For the first time in memory, more people wanted a new person than chose to retain the incumbent.
Roper, who advised the Florio campaign last year, said that in the U.S. Senate race, long-shot GOP challenger Christine Todd Whitman has been unable to force Democratic incumbent Bill Bradley to speak out about the Florio taxes.
An eighth incumbent is leading by a single vote.
East, a onetime college professor, ran for the Senate in 1980 under the wing of the National Congressional Club, the political organization of Sen. Jesse Helms, R-N.C. He defeated Democratic incumbent Robert Morgan.
Hatch, 41, campaigned in part on the theme that the incumbent has been around too long and has become distracted.
The Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) yesterday re-elected incumbent general secretary Mr Sam Shilowa and pledged to strengthen its formal political alliance with the African National Congress and the South African Communist party.
On Monday, the Supreme Soviet refused to confirm incumbent Vladimir M. Kamentsev as minister of foreign economic policy.
They are seeking their party's nomination to challenge incumbent Republican William V. Roth Jr., who is seeking a fourth term.
He said the party platforms take on even more importance this year, the first presidential election in two decades without an incumbent in the race.
The standard explanation for voters supporting Democrats below the presidential level in such large numbers is the incumbent factor.
Karnes, 39, is in the unusual position of being an incumbent facing a tough bid for nomination.
Cristiani, who won the March 19 presidential election by a wide margin over the candidate of the incumbent Christian Democrats, was described as incensed by Larios' move.
All eight pro-choice incumbents who faced anti-abortion primary opponents held on to their seats; the single anti-abortion incumbent to face a challenge also won.
Combined with money left from previous campaigns, that gave them $51 million in leftover campaign money, an average of $130,000 for each incumbent who was returned to office.
Bayer Bess, best known for Gatorade ads for Quaker Oats Co., bested contenders Foote, Cone & Belding; WPP Group's Ogilvy & Mather; Tatham/RSCG and the incumbent, Bozell.
But he's busy with interviews and promotional appearances for the film starring Sean Connery that premiered Friday, and said he has "not had any time to consider" a race against incumbent Rep. Roy P. Dyson, D-Md.
When he lost the governor's race to Democratic incumbent Gov. Jerry Brown, he had been in public service for 37 years, 25 of which were in elected office.
The indictments came only four days before the March 19 presidential election in which Salvadorans, for the first time, will have the chance to eject an incumbent civilian government in favor of another party.
Democrat James Moran, mayor of the Washington suburb of Alexandria, reported a slight edge over incumbent Republican Stan Parris.
Congressional apologists argue that both 1988 and 1986 (when the figures were just as one-sided) are aberrations, merely "incumbent years" typical in U.S. history.
Content with his business achievements, Bentsen reentered politics in 1970, defeating liberal incumbent Ralph Yarborough in the primary and broadening his appeal in the general election to defeat Bush.
In the 1983 case, Joyner v. Mofford, the U.S. Court of Appeals in Arizona upheld a law that provided that no state-office incumbent could run for Congress.
Drug questions dominate a bitter contest for an Atlanta congressonal seat, with the incumbent admitting he considered using laundered drug money to finance his home and a challenger saying he might consider legalizing drugs.
Mr. Cianci is still believed to be a strong candidate, however, because he has a core of staunch supporters and the incumbent isn't running for re-election.
Yet there are worries in Paris that the abrupt ouster of incumbent regimes _ even if corrupt or repressive _ might unleash ethnic strife and economic chaos without ensuring progress toward democracy.
A 1973 campaign for mayor foundered after 45 days for lack of money, and 1977 did not look much more encouraging: he faced seven other candidates, including the incumbent, Abe Beame, and the flamboyant Bella Abzug.
Many of the other proposals now before Congress would only exacerbate the problem of incumbent management hindering stockholders from selling their shares to a bidder.
The vice president is an administration incumbent with an administration record to defend.

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