officeholder

officeholder — 名詞

1. a person serving in a formal government role, usually after an election or appoi

1.名詞C2
釋義

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.

例句

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

常見搭配
  • elected officeholder
  • local officeholder
  • former officeholder
  • public officeholder
  • remove an officeholder
同義詞
  • 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

反義詞
  • 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.

常見錯誤

My sister is an officeholder at a law firm.
My sister works in an office at a law firm.
officeholder refers to a public post, not simply any office job.

同根字

常見搭配

名詞搭配

  • local officeholder
  • elected officeholder
  • former officeholder
  • public officeholder

常用片語

  • become an officeholder
  • run against an officeholder
  • remove an officeholder from office

介系詞搭配

  • from (a political party)
  • in (local or state government)
  • as (serve as officeholder)