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a person who is trying to be elected or is applying for a job （競選或求職的）候選人，申請人 a presidential candidate 總統候選人 - candidate for something
one of the leading candidates for the presidency 總統職位的主要候選人之一 He is the best candidate for the job. 他是這個職位最好的候選人。 - (British English)
She stood as a candidate in the local elections. 她作爲候選人參加了地方選舉。 The party is fielding more candidates than ever before. 該黨派出的候選人比以往任何時候都多。 to nominate/select a candidate 提名/選擇候選人 to endorse a candidate (= say you support them) 支持候選人
Collocations Voting in electionsVoting in elections 在選舉中投票 Running for election 參加選舉 - conduct/hold an election/a referendum
舉行選舉／全民公決 - (especially North American English) run for office/election/governor/mayor/president/the White House
- (especially British English) stand for election/office/Parliament/the Labour Party/a second term
- hold/call/contest a general/national election
舉行／要求／角逐大選／全國選舉 - launch/run a presidential election campaign
開始總統競選活動 - support/back a candidate
支持候選人 - sway/convince/persuade voters/the electorate
說服選民／全體選民 - appeal to/attract/woo/target (North American English) swing voters/(British English) floating voters
吸引遊離選民；尋求遊離選民的支持；瞄準遊離選民 - fix/rig/steal an election/the vote
操縱選舉；暗中舞弊獲取選票
Voting 投票 - go to/be turned away from (especially British English) a polling station/(North American English) a polling place
去／被拒絕進入投票站投票 - cast a/your vote/ballot (for somebody)
投（某人）一票 - vote for the Conservative candidate/the Democratic party
投票給保守黨候選人／民主黨 - mark/spoil your ballot paper
在選票上做標記；投廢票 - count (British English) the postal votes/(especially North American English) the absentee ballots
清點郵寄選票數 - go to/be defeated at the ballot box
去投票箱投票；競選失敗 - get/win/receive/lose votes
赢得／失去選票 - get/win (60% of) the popular/black/Hispanic/Latino/Muslim vote
赢得大衆／黑人／拉美裔／穆斯林 (60%) 的選票 - win the election/(in the US) the primaries/a seat in Parliament/a majority/power
赢得大選／（美國的）初選／議會中的一個席位／多數票／權力 - lose an election/the vote/your majority/your seat
在選舉中失敗；失去多數人的支持／席位 - win/come to power in a landslide (victory) (= with many more votes than any other party)
以壓倒多數的選票獲勝／掌權 - elect/re-elect somebody (as) mayor/president/an MP/senator/congressman/congresswoman
選舉／再度選舉某人爲市長／總統／議員／參議員／國會議員／國會女議員
Taking power 掌權 - be sworn into office/in as president
宣誓就職／就任總統 - take/administer (in the US) the oath of office
（美國）宣誓就職；聽取就職宣誓 - swear/take (in the UK) an/the oath of allegiance
（英國）宣誓效忠 - give/deliver (in the US) the president’s inaugural address
發表（美國）總統就職演說 - take/enter/hold/leave office
就職；任職；離職 - appoint somebody (as) ambassador/governor/judge/minister
任命某人爲大使／州長／法官／部長 - form a government/a cabinet
組建政府／内閣 - serve two terms as prime minister/in office
任兩屆總理；兩屆任職
Extra ExamplesTopics Working lifeb1Our organization is putting up five candidates in the elections. 我們這個組織推薦 5 個候選人參加選舉。 Prospective parliamentary candidates met party leaders last week. 有望當選的議會候選人上周與政黨領袖會面。 She decided to stand as a candidate in the local elections. 她決定作爲候選人參加地方競選。 She was the only candidate for the post. 她是該職位的唯一候選人。 The successful candidate will be fluent in French and German. 申請人須通曉法語和德語才有可能成功。 There were no suitable candidates for the position. 這個職位沒有適合的候選人。 We rejected most of the candidates as unsuitable. 我們認爲大多數候選人都不合適，所以排除了他們。 The party intends to field a candidate in the next general election. 該黨打算在下次大選時推舉一名候選人。 There were a large number of candidates for the job. 有許多求職者申請這份工作。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- potential
- prospective
- likely
- …
- put yourself forward as
- stand as
- field
- …
- candidate for
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a person taking an exam 投考者；應試者；參加考試的人 Candidates are allowed to use dictionaries in this examination. 考生在這一考試中可使用詞典。 We run special revision courses for examination candidates. 我們爲應試者開設專門的複習課程。 - candidate for something
a candidate for the degree of MPhil 攻讀哲學碩士學位者
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- potential
- prospective
- likely
- …
- put yourself forward as
- stand as
- field
- …
- candidate for
- candidate (for something)
a person or group that is considered suitable for something or that is likely to get something or to be something 被認定適合者；被認定有某種結局者 Our team is a prime candidate for relegation this year. 今年我們隊最有可能降級。 Your father is an obvious candidate for a heart attack. 你父親顯然是容易患心髒病的人。 She's a likely candidate for promotion. 她很可能得到晉升。 This is a prime candidate for best movie of the year. 這是年度最佳電影的最佳候選片。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- potential
- prospective
- likely
- …
- put yourself forward as
- stand as
- field
- …
- candidate for
Word Originearly 17th cent.: from Latin candidatus ‘white-robed’, also denoting a candidate for office (who traditionally wore a white toga), from candidus ‘white’.