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单词 incumbent
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incumbent1/inʹkumb(ə)nt/ noun

the holder of an office; specif the holder of an Anglican benefice

[Middle English from Latin incumbent-, incumbens, present part. of incumbere to lie down on, from in-2 + -cumbere to lie down]

incumbent2adj

(+ on/upon) imposed as a duty or obligation on somebody

Johnson was by no means of the opinion, that every man of a learned profession should consider it as incumbent upon him, or as necessary to his credit, to appear as an author — James Boswell

holding a specified office

the incumbent caretaker

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