holdover

英 [ˈhəʊldəʊvə(r)]

美 [ˈhoʊldoʊvər]

n.  (在下届政府中)留任的官员

经济

COCA.20802

牛津词典

noun

• （在下届政府中）留任的官员
  a person who keeps a position of power, for example sb who had a particular position in one administration and who still has it in the next

英英释义

noun

• something that has survived from the past
  1. a holdover from the sixties
  2. hangovers from the 19th century
  Synonym:hangover
• an official who remains in office after his term
  Synonym:hangover

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