Sunday, 26 July 2009

每日一词学英语(89): incumbent

法国总统萨科奇今天患病住院。上Wikipedia查他的资料,看到“President of the French Republic”下边写着:Incumbent,表示“现任”,日语是“現職(げんしょく)”。

这个词既可作名词又可作形容词:
Noun: a person who has an official position
*the present incumbent of the White House
Adj.: [only before noun] having an official position
*the incumbent president

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