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incumbent 音标拼音: [ɪnk'ʌmbənt] a. 凭依的,依靠的,负有义务的
n. 领圣职的俸禄的牧师,在职者 凭依的,依靠的,负有义务的领圣职的俸禄的牧师,在职者 incumbent adj 1: lying or leaning on something else; " an incumbent geological formation" 2: necessary ( for someone) as a duty or responsibility; morally binding; " it is incumbent on them to pay their own debts" 3: currently holding an office; " the incumbent governor" n 1: the official who holds an office [ synonym: { incumbent}, { officeholder}] 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}.] [ 1913 Webster] 1. Lying; resting; reclining; recumbent; superimposed; superincumbent. [ 1913 Webster] Two incumbent figures, gracefully leaning upon it. -- Sir H. Wotton. [ 1913 Webster] To move the incumbent load they try. -- Addison. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Lying, resting, or imposed, as a duty or obligation; obligatory; always with on or upon. [ 1913 Webster] All men, truly zealous, will perform those good works that are incumbent on all Christians. -- Sprat. [ 1913 Webster] 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. [ 1913 Webster] 4. ( Zool.) Bent downwards so that the ends touch, or rest on, something else; as, the incumbent toe of a bird. [ 1913 Webster]
Incumbent \ In* cum" bent\, n. A person who is in present possession of a benefice or of any office. [ 1913 Webster] The incumbent lieth at the mercy of his patron. -- Swift. [ 1913 Webster] 89 Moby Thesaurus words for " incumbent": addressee, artist- in- residence, beetle, beetle- browed, beetling, behooving, benefice- holder, beneficiary, binding, bridging, burdensome, chargeable to, commanding, compulsory, cumbersome, cumbrous, demanding, denizen, dweller, habitant, hirer, holdover, homesteader, house detective, imbricate, impendent, impending, incumbent on, inhabitant, inhabiter, inmate, inpatient, ins, intern, jack- in- office, jutting, lame duck, lapping, leaseholder, lessee, live- in maid, locum tenens, lodger, lowering, lumpish, mandatory, massive, necessary, new broom, obligatory, occupant, occupier, office- bearer, officeholder, official, onerous, oppressive, overarched, overhanging, overhung, overlapping, overlying, paying guest, pending, prescribed, president- elect, projecting, public official, public servant, renter, required, residencer, resident, resident physician, residentiary, resider, roomer, shingled, sojourner, spanning, squatter, sublessee, subtenant, superincumbent, tenant, tenant at sufferance, tenant for life, underlessee, unwieldy
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