incumbents

英 [ɪnˈkʌmbənts]

美 [ɪnˈkʌmbənts]

n.  在职者; 现任者
incumbent的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 现任官员;在职官员
  Anincumbentis someone who holds an official post at a particular time.
  1. In general, incumbents have a 94 per cent chance of being reelected.
     通常现任官员有 94% 的几率会再次当选。
  2. Incumbentis also an adjective.
     
  3. ...the only candidate who defeated an incumbent senator.
     唯一击败现任议员的候选人
• ADJ 成为责任的;义不容辞的;必须履行的
  If it isincumbent uponyoutodo something, it is your duty or responsibility to do it.
  1. It is incumbent upon all of us to make an extra effort.
     我们所有人都必须加倍努力。

双语例句

• Incumbents tend to win presidential elections, but second-term presidents tend to be disappointing.
  现任总统往往更容易赢得选举，但连任后通常表现欠佳。
• The real structural problem is that incumbents get re-elected 90 percent of the time.
  真正的结构性问题是在位者重新当选的机会占90%。
• Be it broadcasting, pharmaceuticals, banking or insurance, my experience has been that the rules favour incumbents.
  根据我的经验，不论是广播、制药、银行还是保险行业，规则都是有利于现有企业的。
• There are signs, however, that the electorate is not always hell-bent on chucking out incumbents.
  不过，也有迹象显示，选民们并不总会执意把现任首席部长赶下台。
• With that scope of mission in mind, there are other incumbents.
  即使是从这一使命的范畴来说，也还有其它实干者。
• Three elections in a row in the US have been, by recent standards, bloodbaths for incumbents.
  按照新近的标准，在美国前三次选举中，获胜者都经过了浴血奋战。
• Incumbents are going to have to get more efficient and increase their productivity.
  现有企业将不得不提高效率和增加产能。
• The incumbents have a point, though: For larger corporations, going full cloud is not simple.
  不过，市场领先者有一点所言极是：对于大公司，完全云化殊为不易。
• Since incumbents can control the state machinery that conducts elections, it is clear that elections are genuinely competitive, and that popular will, barring individual exceptions, is clearly expressed.
  鉴于在任者可以操控主持选举的国家机器，很显然，选举真的竞争激烈，除了个别情况以外，民意也得到了明确的表达。
• However, the big incumbents will be reluctant to open up their business models while they can achieve such high profit margins on materials sales.
  然而，只要能从材料销售中实现高利润率，现有的大型3D打印公司就将不情愿开放商业模式。