candidate
【英英释义】
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. 可数名词候选人，求职者oft N for n
2. a candidate is someone who is taking an examination. 考生，应试者
3. a candidate is someone who is studying for a degree at a college. 攻读学位者，在读本科生（或硕士生，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. 可数名词 适合…的人（或物），可能有…结局的人（或物）
a person who applies for a job or is nominated for election
【词义深度解析】
candidate是名词，意思是“候选人、应试者、求职者、人选”，具体意思要取决于上下文。竞选总统的人就叫presidential candidate；读完博士阶段课程，正在写博士论文的学生一般叫做doctoral candidate 或 PhD candidate；找工作也可以叫candidate。
【例句学习】
1. Joe Biden decided to run for president in 2020. 改写为 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.
【词汇运用】
1.翻译：人才市场竞争太激烈，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. 生活场景应用
这些候选人都很棒，从中选出一位来担任部门经理确实很难。
【20190325|20190325 candidate】These candidates are very great, and it is hard to pick one of them to be the department manager.
