incumbency

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The state of being incumbent. countable,uncountable
  2. An obligation or duty. countable,uncountable
  3. A tenure. countable,uncountable
  4. Benefice, lucrative position or possession. countable,figuratively,uncountable
    — The early antitrust reformers warned that even beyond its effect on prices, economic power could buy influence in Congress. Monopolies don’t just dominate their own industries, Justice Louis Brandeis said in 1933; they monopolize political power as well, which allows them to protect their incumbency and stifle competition in myriad ways.

词形变化

incumbencies plural

词汇关系

衍生词
superincumbency

词源

Etymology tree
English incumbent
English -cy
English incumbency
From incumbent + -cy.
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