candidate 候选人；理想对象；〈正式〉考生 noun KAN-duh-dayt

Definition

1 ➘

a : one that aspires to or is nominated or qualified for an office, membership, or award

希望能获得、被提名或拥有资格的（某些奖项，公司认可，会员资格）

b : one likely or suited to undergo or be chosen for something specified

某种可能成为特定事物的人，或可接受或被选定为某特定事物的人

2 ➘

a student in the process of meeting final requirements for a degree

学生在会议中到最后被确定是否能拥有的某些资格

Examples

"But there are nine vaccine candidates around the world that have reached phase III trials, the large, final stage of testing that usually comes before regulatory approval. It is likely that not all of them will reach the clinic." — Clare Wilson, The New Scientist, 19 Sept. 2020

“但是，全球有9个候选疫苗已经进入III期临床试验，这是大型的最终测试阶段，通常要在监管部门批准之前进行。可能并非所有的疫苗都可以进入临床。

"No modern presidential election has been decided by campaign spending. That is because both candidates always have enough cash to achieve the single main point of it: near-universal name recognition among voters in the dozen or fewer swing states that determine the outcome." — The Economist, 19 Sept. 2020

“没有现代的总统选举是由竞选的支出决定的。这是因为两位候选人总是有足够的现金来实现这一要点：在决定结果的十几个或更少数的几个摇摆不定的州的选民中（几乎靠普遍的名字去选择识别的）。”

Did You Know?

When a man running for public office in ancient Rome greeted voters in the Forum, the center of judicial and public business, he wore a toga that had been whitened with chalk. As a result, the Latin word for someone seeking office came to be candidatus, meaning literally "clothed in white." Candidatus, in turn, comes from the adjective candidus, meaning "white." Candidatus was adopted into English as candidate, and since the 17th century that word has had an uncontested seat in the language.

当一名古罗马竞选公职的人在广场上（司法和公共事务的中心）与选民打招呼时，他穿着一件用粉笔涂成白色的长袍。 结果，拉丁文中的 someone seeking office 「求职者，参选人」就变成了candidatus，意思是“穿白色衣服”。 Candidatus又来自形容词candidus，意为“白色”。 Candidatus被选为英语候选者，自17世纪以来，该词在该语言中就拥有无可厚非的地位。

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