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a person who is trying to be elected or is applying for a job （竞选或求职的）候选人，申请人 a presidential candidate 总统候选人 - candidate for something
one of the leading candidates for the presidency 总统职位的主要候选人之一 He is the best candidate for the job. 他是这个职位最好的候选人。 - (British English)
She stood as a candidate in the local elections. 她作为候选人参加了地方选举。 The party is fielding more candidates than ever before. 该党派出的候选人比以往任何时候都多。 to nominate/select a candidate 提名/选择候选人 to endorse a candidate (= say you support them) 支持候选人
Collocations Voting in electionsVoting in elections 在选举中投票 Running for election 参加选举 - conduct/hold an election/a referendum
举行选举／全民公决 - (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
举行／要求／角逐大选／全国选举 - launch/run a presidential election campaign
开始总统竞选活动 - support/back a candidate
支持候选人 - sway/convince/persuade voters/the electorate
说服选民／全体选民 - appeal to/attract/woo/target (North American English) swing voters/(British English) floating voters
吸引游离选民；寻求游离选民的支持；瞄准游离选民 - fix/rig/steal an election/the vote
操纵选举；暗中舞弊获取选票
Voting 投票 - go to/be turned away from (especially British English) a polling station/(North American English) a polling place
去／被拒绝进入投票站投票 - cast a/your vote/ballot (for somebody)
投（某人）一票 - vote for the Conservative candidate/the Democratic party
投票给保守党候选人／民主党 - mark/spoil your ballot paper
在选票上做标记；投废票 - count (British English) the postal votes/(especially North American English) the absentee ballots
清点邮寄选票数 - go to/be defeated at the ballot box
去投票箱投票；竞选失败 - get/win/receive/lose votes
赢得／失去选票 - get/win (60% of) the popular/black/Hispanic/Latino/Muslim vote
赢得大众／黑人／拉美裔／穆斯林 (60%) 的选票 - win the election/(in the US) the primaries/a seat in Parliament/a majority/power
赢得大选／（美国的）初选／议会中的一个席位／多数票／权力 - lose an election/the vote/your majority/your seat
在选举中失败；失去多数人的支持／席位 - win/come to power in a landslide (victory) (= with many more votes than any other party)
以压倒多数的选票获胜／掌权 - elect/re-elect somebody (as) mayor/president/an MP/senator/congressman/congresswoman
选举／再度选举某人为市长／总统／议员／参议员／国会议员／国会女议员
Taking power 掌权 - be sworn into office/in as president
宣誓就职／就任总统 - take/administer (in the US) the oath of office
（美国）宣誓就职；听取就职宣誓 - swear/take (in the UK) an/the oath of allegiance
（英国）宣誓效忠 - give/deliver (in the US) the president’s inaugural address
发表（美国）总统就职演说 - take/enter/hold/leave office
就职；任职；离职 - appoint somebody (as) ambassador/governor/judge/minister
任命某人为大使／州长／法官／部长 - form a government/a cabinet
组建政府／内阁 - serve two terms as prime minister/in office
任两届总理；两届任职
Extra ExamplesTopics Working lifeb1Our organization is putting up five candidates in the elections. 我们这个组织推荐 5 个候选人参加选举。 Prospective parliamentary candidates met party leaders last week. 有望当选的议会候选人上周与政党领袖会面。 She decided to stand as a candidate in the local elections. 她决定作为候选人参加地方竞选。 She was the only candidate for the post. 她是该职位的唯一候选人。 The successful candidate will be fluent in French and German. 申请人须通晓法语和德语才有可能成功。 There were no suitable candidates for the position. 这个职位没有适合的候选人。 We rejected most of the candidates as unsuitable. 我们认为大多数候选人都不合适，所以排除了他们。 The party intends to field a candidate in the next general election. 该党打算在下次大选时推举一名候选人。 There were a large number of candidates for the job. 有许多求职者申请这份工作。
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；应试者；参加考试的人 Candidates are allowed to use dictionaries in this examination. 考生在这一考试中可使用词典。 We run special revision courses for examination candidates. 我们为应试者开设专门的复习课程。 - candidate for something
a candidate for the degree of MPhil 攻读哲学硕士学位者
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 被认定适合者；被认定有某种结局者 Our team is a prime candidate for relegation this year. 今年我们队最有可能降级。 Your father is an obvious candidate for a heart attack. 你父亲显然是容易患心脏病的人。 She's a likely candidate for promotion. 她很可能得到晋升。 This is a prime candidate for best movie of the year. 这是年度最佳电影的最佳候选片。
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’.