Incumbent officeholders are difficult to defeat at the polls.

现任官员很难在选举中被击败。

The two principal officeholders wield enormous power.

这两个主要官员掌握着巨大的权力。

Yet whenever any effort is made to cut down the number of unnecessary officeholders the cry is certain to be raised that this action is "deflationary."

然而，无论什么时候，只要做出一些努力去裁减多余的公务员，就一定会遭到极力反对，说这种举动是“通货紧缩的”。

Both Clinton and Obama are wooing several hundred of the so-called super-delegates — party officials and officeholders — who remain uncommitted and have the power to support either candidate.

克林顿和奥巴马都在寻求几百位所谓的超级代表的支持，他们是党内官员和民选官员，都不必承诺支持特定候选人，有权在代表大会上投任何一方的票。