candidate

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ˈkæn.dɪdət/|/ˈkæn.dɪ.deɪt/|/ˈkandɪdət/    美 /ˈkæn.dɪ.dɪt/|/ˈkæn.ɪ.dɪt/|/ˈkæn.ɪ.deɪt/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A person who seeks to be elected or appointed to a position or privilege.
    — Smith announced he was the party's candidate for the next election.
  2. A person who is thought likely or worthy to gain a position or privilege. figuratively
  3. A participant in an examination.
    — Candidates must remain silent for the entirety of the exam.
  4. Someone or something likely or suited to undergo or be chosen for a purpose.
    — After being presented with various suitors, she decided none of the candidates were the kind of man she was looking for.
  5. A student taking a degree who has finished the coursework but has other remaining requirements such as a dissertation.
    — a Ph.D. candidate
  6. The recipient of certain academic degrees, now mainly awarded in Scandinavia.
  7. A gene which may play a role in a given disease.
动词 v.
  1. To stand as a candidate for an office, typically for a religious one. uncommon
    — The matter of candidating for a pulpit is not a matter of difference between congregations and Rabbis, but between Rabbis themselves.
  2. To make white; to whitewash. figuratively,obsolete,rare,transitive,uncommon
  3. To make or name (something) as a candidate (to be chosen or deemed suitable for a purpose). nonstandard,uncommon
    — Performance comparison of solar energy conversion candidated for SPS. (From NASA, Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, Houston 1977.)

词形变化

candidates plural candidates present,singular,third-person candidating participle,present candidated participle,past candidated past candidates present,singular,third-person candidating participle,present candidated participle,past candidated past

词汇关系

衍生词
candidacy candidate key candidateship candidature captive candidate darkhorse candidate excandidate Klandidate Manchurian candidate multicandidate noncandidate nuisance candidate paper candidate parachute candidate precandidate private candidate release candidate
相关词
candela candelabrum candid candle candlepower candlestick chandler chandlery

词源

词源 1
From Latin candidātus (“a person who is standing for public office”, noun), from candidus (“dazzling white, shining, clear”) + -ātus, -āta, -ātum (participial adjective-forming suffix), in reference to Roman candidates wearing bleached white togas as a symbol of purity at a public forum. By surface analysis, candid + -ate (noun-forming suffix).
词源 2
From Latin candidātus (“dressed in white”, adjective); see Etymology 1 for further derivations. By surface analysis, candid + -ate (verb-forming suffix).
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