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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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 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%。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• There are a lot of incumbents-those now licensed to use the airwaves.
  」就是目前拥有电波使用执照的人。