candidate
【英英釋義】
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. 可數名詞 ?候選人，求職者 ?oft N for n
2. a candidate is someone who is taking an examination. 考生，應試者
3. a candidate is someone who is studying for a degree at a college. 攻讀學位者，在讀本科生（或碩士生，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. 可數名詞 適合…的人（或物），可能有…結局的人（或物）
a person who applies for a job or is nominated for election
【詞義深度解析】
candidate是名詞，意思是“候選人、應試者、求職者、人選”，具體意思要取決于上下文。競選總統的人就叫presidential candidate；讀完博士階段課程，正在寫博士論文的學生一般叫做doctoral candidate 或 PhD candidate；找工作也可以叫candidate。
【例句學習】
1. Joe Biden decided to run for president in 2020. 改寫為 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.
【詞匯運用】
1.翻譯：人才市場競爭太激烈，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. 生活場景應用
這些候選人都很棒，從中選出一位來擔任部門經理確實很難。
These candidates are very great, and it is hard to pick one of them to be the department manager.
