Incumbent
[ɪn'kʌmb(ə)nt] or [ɪn'kʌmbənt]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) the official who holds an office.
(adj.) currently holding an office; 'the incumbent governor' .
(adj.) necessary (for someone) as a duty or responsibility; morally binding; 'it is incumbent on them to pay their own debts' .
(adj.) lying or leaning on something else; 'an incumbent geological formation' .
卡蜜拉整理--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(a.) Lying; resting; reclining; recumbent; superimposed; superincumbent.
(a.) Lying, resting, or imposed, as a duty or obligation; obligatory; always with on or upon.
(a.) 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.
(a.) Bent downwards so that the ends touch, or rest on, something else; as, the incumbent toe of a bird.
(n.) A person who is in present possession of a benefice or of any office.
編輯:珀西
同義詞及近義詞:
a. Obligatory, devolving.
n. Holder (of a benefice, &c.).
乔治娜手打
同義詞及反義詞:
SYN:Pressing, binding, coercive, indispensable, urgent, devolvent, obligatory
ANT:Optional, discretional
手打:洛伊斯
解釋/意思:
adj. lying or resting on: lying on as a duty.—n. one who holds an ecclesiastical benefice.—n. Incum′bency a lying or resting on: the holding of an office: an ecclesiastical benefice.—adv. Incum′bently.
校對:瓦珥
娱乐性解釋/意思:
n. A person of the liveliest interest to the outcumbents.
校對:斯宾塞
例句/造句/用法:
- I am but the incumbent of a poor country parish: my aid must be of the humblest sort. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- Fanny did not see that; but felt it incumbent on her to continue talking. 查理斯·狄更斯. 小杜麗.
- It is particularly incumbent on those who never change their opinion, to be secure of judging properly at first. 簡·奧斯丁. 傲慢與偏見.
- She did not mean to have her own affections entangled again, and it would be incumbent on her to avoid any encouragement of his. 簡·奧斯丁. 愛瑪.
- There was a moment's pause, and then Archer felt it incumbent on him to say: All right. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 純真年代.
- It was incumbent on them to be at home by Christmas. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- Mrs Veneering stopping here, Mr Podsnap deems it incumbent on him to say: 'I wonder why! 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- The incumbent was appointed by the county court, which consisted of five members. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U.S.格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
校對:马奇