candidate

【英英釋義】

n. a candidate is someone who is being considered for a position, for example someone who is running in an election or applying for a job. 可數(shù)名詞 ?候選人，求職者 ?oft N for n

2. a candidate is someone who is taking an examination. 考生，應(yīng)試者

3. a candidate is someone who is studying for a degree at a college. 攻讀學(xué)位者，在讀本科生（或碩士生，博士生）

4. a candidate is a person or thing that is regarded as being suitable for a particular purpose or as being likely to do or be a particular thing. 可數(shù)名詞 適合…的人（或物），可能有…結(jié)局的人（或物）

a person who applies for a job or is nominated for election

【詞義深度解析】

candidate是名詞，意思是“候選人、應(yīng)試者、求職者、人選”，具體意思要取決于上下文。競(jìng)選總統(tǒng)的人就叫presidential candidate；讀完博士階段課程，正在寫(xiě)博士論文的學(xué)生一般叫做doctoral candidate 或 PhD candidate；找工作也可以叫candidate。

【例句學(xué)習(xí)】

1. Joe Biden decided to run for president in 2020. 改寫(xiě)為 Joe Biden recently decided to join others as a presidential candidate.

2. Quite a few PhD candidate gave up their doctoral degree and moved to Silicon Valley to start start-ups.

3. So far only five candidates have shown interest in this sales position.

【詞匯運(yùn)用】

1.翻譯：人才市場(chǎng)競(jìng)爭(zhēng)太激烈，僧多粥少。

There are far more candidates than jobs in the competitive job market.?

In the cut-throat job market, there are too many candidates and not nearly enough jobs.

2. 生活場(chǎng)景應(yīng)用

這些候選人都很棒，從中選出一位來(lái)?yè)?dān)任部門(mén)經(jīng)理確實(shí)很難。

These candidates are very great, and it is hard to pick one of them to be the department manager.