officeholder
/ˈä-fəs-ˌhōl-dər ˈȯ-/ (ame, mw)
officeholder — 名詞
1. a person serving in a formal government role, usually after an election or appoi
公職人員
擔任民選或任命公職的人
a person serving in a formal government role, usually after an election or appointment.
After the recount, Padma remained the only officeholder from her party.
重新驗票後，Padma 仍是她所屬政黨唯一的公職人員。
officeholder from + political party after an election result
At the flood briefing, local officeholders promised money for new bridges.
在水災簡報會上，地方公職人員承諾撥款興建新橋。
plural: local officeholders responding to a public emergency
When the governor appointed Christopher treasurer, he became a state officeholder.
州長任命 Christopher 為財務長後，他就成了州政府的公職人員。
Noa wrote to every officeholder on the county tax committee.
Noa 寫信給郡稅務委員會裡的每一位公職人員。
Several former officeholders attended the governor's funeral in silence.
幾位前公職人員安靜地出席了州長的葬禮。
- official
broader and more common; can mean anyone with authority, not only the holder of a public post
- incumbent
more specific; refers to the current holder of a particular office
- office-bearer
formal, but usually used for clubs, unions, or associations rather than government
- candidate
someone seeking office rather than already holding it
- private citizen
someone without a public office or official role
文法句型
become an officeholder
local officeholder
former officeholder
用法筆記
Most common in formal news and political writing. It refers to someone with a public role gained by election or appointment, not to an ordinary employee who simply works in an office.