holdover

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n. an official who remains in office after his term

n. 延期, 剩余物, 任期届满后仍占据同样地位的人
[经] 缓缴税款

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使用频率

holdover由hold（保持、持有）和over（在……之上、超过）组成，字面意思是“保持在上面”，可以理解为某物被保留或延续。

例句

1. The meeting was a holdover from last week, so we need to discuss the same topics again.

这个会议是上周遗留下来的，所以我们需要再次讨论相同的话题。

2. I decided to keep the holdover items from the sale for my next event.

我决定保留这次促销中的剩余物品，以便用于我的下一个活动。

3. Many students are holdovers from last year's class, continuing their studies this year.

很多学生是去年的留级生，今年继续他们的学习。