candidate

1. N-COUNT 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. 候選人

The Democratic candidate is still leading in the polls. 那名民主黨候選人仍在民意測騐中領先。

He is a candidate for the office of governor. 他是州長的候選人。

2. N-COUNT A candidate is someone who is studying for a degree at a college. 攻讀學位者[美國英語]

He is now a candidate for a Master's degree in social work at San Francisco State University. 他目前在舊金山州立大學攻讀社會工作碩士學位。

3. N-COUNT 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. 有望做…的人; 有望成爲…的事

Those who are overweight or indulge in high-salt diets are candidates for hypertension. 那些身躰超重或飲食偏鹹的人屬於易患高血壓症的人群。