現職という意味。incumbent president=sitting president(現職大統領)、former president(前職大統領)、next president(次期大統領)、ただし前職大統領でも面と向かって話す時はMr. Presidentです。9:36 sitting president
Barbara Walters on Heart Surgery, 'A Matter of Life and Death' 2/4/2011
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uV8svaG52uc 1:59 incumbent
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0ZMvfKqOn4 2:58 you're a sitting member of congress. あなたは現職の下院議員でしょ。
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Thcr5egmX3s 0:20 typically incumbents don't do well in the first debate. だいたい、現職大統領は最初の討論会にはてこずるものだ。
練習問題解答
a-3683 sitting US President
a-4917 a sitting President
a-7795 the current incumbent
