English Dictionary

incumbent

IPA（発音記号）

/ɪnˈkʌmbənt/

名詞

The current holder of an office, such as ecclesiastical benefice or an elected office.

日本語の意味

現職者、現任者、すなわち現在その職務に就いている者

The incumbent defended his record during the televised debate.

現職者はテレビで放送された討論会の間に自らの実績を擁護した。

意味（1）

The current holder of an office, such as ecclesiastical benefice or an elected office.

Mr Obama’s problems were partly structural. An incumbent must defend the realities and compromises of government, while a challenger is freer to promise the earth, details to follow. Mr Obama’s odd solution was to play both incumbent and challenger, jumping from a defence of his record to indignation at such ills as over-crowded classrooms and tax breaks for big oil companies.

意味（2）

(business) A holder of a position as supplier to a market or market segment that allows the holder to earn above-normal profits.

American capitalism is becoming like its European cousin: established firms with the scale and scope to deal with a growing thicket of regulations are doing well, but new companies are withering on the vine or selling themselves to incumbents.

incumbents （ plural ）