candidate

n.报考者；申请求职者；攻读学位者；最后命运或结局如何已显然可见者

noun

1. （竞选或求职的）候选人，申请人
   a person who is trying to be elected or is applying for a job
   1. one of the leading candidates for the presidency
      总统职位的主要候选人之一
   2. a presidential candidate
      总统候选人
   3. He stood as a candidate in the local elections.
      他作为候选人参加地方选举。
   4. There were a large number of candidates for the job.
      有许多求职者申请这份工作。
2. 投考者；应试者；参加考试的人
   a person taking an exam
   1. a candidate for the degree of MPhil
      攻读哲学硕士学位者
3. 被认定适合者；被认定有某种结局者
   a person or group that is considered suitable for sth or that is likely to get sth or to be sth
   1. Our team is a prime candidate for relegation this year.
      今年我们队最有可能降级。
   2. Your father is an obvious candidate for a heart attack.
      你父亲显然是容易患心脏病的人。

名词复数形式:candidates

candidate 候选人

来自词根cand, 照明，白色，词源同candle,蜡烛。因古罗马时期谋求官职者着白衣进行政治演说或游说而得名。

1. The candidate stands accused of breaking promises even before he's in office
   该候选人还未上任就遭指责违背诺言。
2. The populist party anointed him as its candidate
   平民党选定他做候选人。
3. The Democratic candidate is still leading in the polls
   民主党候选人的得票数依然领先。
4. He is a candidate for the office of Governor
   他是州长候选人之一。
5. We all spoke to them and John emerged as the best candidate.
   我们全部和他们进行了面谈，结果约翰在求职者中脱颖而出。
6. I think Birmingham City are prime candidates for relegation next season
   我认为下个赛季伯明翰城队最有可能降级。
7. Those who are overweight or indulge in high-salt diets are candidates for hypertension.
   体重偏高或口味偏咸者易患高血压。
8. It's not certain they'll accept the Front's candidate if he wins
   即便来自阵线的候选人获胜，他们能否接受他还说不准。
9. Mr Robertson would be a credible candidate
   罗伯逊先生将是可能当选的候选人之一。
10. The Republican candidate's admissions about his failure to pay taxes cost him dearly.
    该共和党候选人承认自己没有缴税，这一坦白让他付出了惨痛代价。
11. The Tory candidate lost his deposit.
    这名托利党候选人连竞选保证金都搭进去了。
12. The Democrat candidate is the favorite to win election.
    民主党候选人最有希望赢得选举。
13. A ferocious battle to select a new parliamentary candidate is in progress.
    推选一位新的议会候选人的激战正酣。
14. He had emerged from being a hesitant and unsure candidate into a fluent debater.
    他从一个吞吞吐吐、缺乏自信的候选人成长为口若悬河的辩论者。
15. There's been a late surge of support for an independent candidate.
    最近一位无党派候选人的支持率迅速上升。
16. At one point he had seemed a likely candidate to become Prime Minister
    他一度看似是个合适的首相人选。
17. Her name has been mentioned as a favoured leadership candidate.
    提到她的名字时，说她是领导职位的热门候选人。
18. With a Labour candidate in place they won by a mile
    有一个工党的候选人坐镇，他们大获全胜。
19. I spoke privately to the candidate after the oral.
    口试后，我私下里与那位考生谈了谈。
20. He used his influence to make sure she was not selected as a parliamentary candidate.
    他利用自己的影响力阻挠她当选议员候选人。
21. Britain will support him as a candidate for the presidency of the organisation
    英国会支持他竞选这个组织的主席职位。
22. Prime candidate to take over his job is Margaret Ramsay.
    接替他工作的首要人选是玛格丽特·拉姆齐。
23. He put up as a candidate.
    他作为候选人参选。
24. These polls give a very sizeable vote to the candidate of the M19 Movement.
    这些民意测验显示，相当多的选票投给了“四·一九运动”的候选人。
25. He argues that he is the true candidate of change.
    他争辩说他才是真正能带来变革的候选人。
26. A single candidate is put forward and the people vote yes or no.
    先推出一个候选人，由人们投票表示赞成或反对。
27. Neither candidate won a working majority.
    两位候选人都没有赢得有效的多数票。
28. Four years ago, he was a write-in candidate in New Hampshire.
    4年前，他是新罕布什尔州一名非推荐候选人。
29. The candidate will take an oral examination.
    那个应试者将参加口试。