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

• International passenger traffic and some domestic routes are now open to competitors to state-owned incumbents.
  欧洲的国际客运和部分国内线路已向国有运营商的竞争对手开放。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• For years, business software was a dead-end for innovation, dominated as it was by Microsoft, Oracle, and other entrenched incumbents.
  多年来，商业软件是创新的死胡同，被微软（Microsoft）、甲骨文（Oracle）和其他根深蒂固的巨头所主导。
• The handful of budget airlines that arrived in the past decade have struggled to get take-off and landing slots at Mexico City's airport, which are dished out by a committee dominated by incumbents.
  过去十年中新成立的仅有的几家低价航空公司为了在由现任官僚们所组成的委员会控制的墨西哥城机场中混得一席之地而拼死挣扎。
• 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。