No. 2,539 in Chinese
現任
Incumbent; currently holding a position or office.
In a sentence
現任總統正在宣布新政策。
The current president is announcing new policies.
In this sentence, 現任 ('current') is used to describe the position or title held by the person referred to at the present moment.
他是公司的現任經理，負責主要業務。
He is the current manager of the company, responsible for main business operations.
Here, 現任 adds the temporal context to 'manager,' indicating that he currently holds this specific role.
我們現任的班主任非常親切。
Our current class teacher is very kind.
The term 現任 is utilized to specify that the referenced class teacher is the one presently appointed for the role.
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