incumbent

n.在职官员;adj.义不容辞,有责任的,

Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
incumbent (noun)
1.
the holder of an office or - ecclesiastical benefice
2.
one that occupies a particular position or place
incumbent (adjective)
1.
as a duty - imposed obligatory incumbent on us to take action
2.
having the status of an incumbent - (see incumbent) the team's incumbent third baseman , especially occupying a specified office - the incumbent mayor
3.
lying or resting on something else
4.
bent over so as to rest on or touch an underlying surface
Merriam-Webster Online Thesaurus
incumbent (adjective)
forcing one's compliance or participation by or as if by law
SYNONYMS:
compulsory, forced, imperative, incumbent, involuntary, necessary, nonelective, obligatory, peremptory, required
RELATED WORDS:
all-important, essential, indispensable, needed, requisite; insistent, persistent, pressing, urgent; demanded, enforced; coercive
NEAR ANTONYMS:
chosen, discretionary; dispensable, unnecessary, unneeded, unwanted; inconsequential, insignificant, nonessential, unimportant
elective, optional, voluntary
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