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candidate

【英英释义】

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. 可数名词  候选人，求职者  oft N for n

2. a candidate is someone who is taking an examination. 考生，应试者

3. a candidate is someone who is studying for a degree at a college. 攻读学位者，在读本科生（或硕士生，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. 可数名词 适合…的人（或物），可能有…结局的人（或物）

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

【词义深度解析】

candidate是名词，意思是“候选人、应试者、求职者、人选”，具体意思要取决于上下文。竞选总统的人就叫presidential candidate；读完博士阶段课程，正在写博士论文的学生一般叫做doctoral candidate 或 PhD candidate；找工作也可以叫candidate。

【例句学习】

1. Joe Biden decided to run for president in 2020. 改写为 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.

【词汇运用】

1.翻译：人才市场竞争太激烈，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. 生活场景应用

这些候选人都很棒，从中选出一位来担任部门经理确实很难。

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