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

• Proprietary software incumbents have been forced to respond and adapt.
  专有软件公司被迫对此做出反应，对此进行适应。
• Members are also able to vote for the club presidents in elections held every five years, incumbents not being able to serve more than two terms.
  会员还可以在五年一次的主席选举时投票，所有会龄至少一年的18岁以上会员都有投票权，当选者不能连任两届以上。
• 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。
• This is not to say centre-right incumbents are in good shape.
  这并是说在位的中右翼情况不错。
• New brands will find it hard to break in. Incumbents may find the new regime rather cosy.
  新牌子发现自己很难打入该市场，而老牌子则在这一新制度下存活得更加惬意。
• In the worst case, software development would be relegated to a handful of government-friendly incumbents.
  在最坏的情况下，软件开发将被少数几家与政府关系密切的老牌公司掌控。
• The private cloud is everything the incumbents love.
  私有云是市场领先者的最爱。
• With their resources, the two incumbents began building out infrastructure in their new operating areas, another deterrent to any potential new entrants.
  他们的资源，二个新任开始建立基础设施在他们新的操作范围，对所有潜在的新加入者的另一个威慑物。
• 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。
• New players such as Metro Bank, where I serve as a director, are forcing the incumbents to work harder.
  新的市场参与者，比如我担任董事的大都会银行（MetroBank），正迫使已有的参与者更为努力地提供服务。