| 释义 |
incumbent /in-kumˈbənt/ adjective- Imposed on, or laid on or upon, someone as a duty
- Obligatory
- Lying, resting or weighing on something
- Overlying (geology)
- Leaning over (archaic)
- Overhanging (archaic)
- Lying along a surface, as a moth's wings at rest
- (of a radicle) lying along the back of one cotyledon (botany)
noun A person who holds an ecclesiastical benefice, or any office ORIGIN: L incumbēns, -entis, prp of incumbere to lie upon incumˈbency noun - The state or fact of being incumbent or an incumbent
- A duty or obligation
- The holding of an office
- An ecclesiastical benefice
incumˈbently adverb |