| 正面 | 8047.incumbent 英 [ɪn'kʌmb(ə)nt]美 [ɪn'kʌmbənt]     |
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| 背面 |     释义： 1. in- "on" + -cumbere "lie down".adj. 现任的；依靠的；负有职责的n. 在职者；现任者；领圣俸者 例句： 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。 incumbent 在任者in-,进入，使，在上面，-cumb,躺，词源同incubate,succumb.即躺在上面的，引申词义在任者。 incumbent (n.)early 15c., "person holding a church position," from Medieval Latin incumbentem (nominative incumbens) "holder of a church position," noun use of present participle of incumbere "to obtain or possess," from Latin incumbere "recline on," figuratively "apply oneself to," from in- "on" (see in- (2)) + -cumbere "lie down," related to cubare "to lie" (see cubicle). Extended to holders of any office from 1670s.incumbent (adj.)1560s, in relation to duties or obligations, from Latin incumbentem (nominative incumbens), present participle of incumbere (see incumbent (n.)). The literal, physical sense is rare in English and first attested 1620s." |