one of the leading candidates for the presidency
总统职位的主要候选人之一
a presidential candidate
总统候选人
He stood as a candidate in the local elections.
他作为候选人参加地方选举。
There were a large number of candidates for the job.
有许多求职者申请这份工作。
a candidate for the degree of MPhil
攻读哲学硕士学位者
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。
1.候选人
2.理想对象
3.〈正式〉考生
1.one of the people competing in an election, for a job or a prize
2.a person or thing that is likely to do or be something
3.<formal>someone who is taking an examination
1.Many white voters told pollsters that they would vote for the black candidate but, in the anonymity of the voting booth, they did not.
很多的白人选民对民意调查人声称自己愿意投票给黑人候选者，但是在匿名投票中，他们却没有这样做。
2.So far, this project looked like a typical database application, and there was no shortage of candidate persistence strategies.
到目前为止，这个项目看起来像是一个典型的数据库应用程序，并且它并不缺少可供选择的持久性策略。
3.Jim: As you know, there were three candidates, and the total votes the two losers got were more than the winning candidate got.
你也知道一共有三个候选人，其中两个落选人员的得票数加起来比当选人员的得票数多。
4.Even though you may not get a complete picture of the candidate, you'll at least be able to verify employment history.
尽管这样也许也无法帮助你获取求职者的完整信息，但至少可以帮助你了解求职者被雇佣的历史。
5.Candidate said he never finished high school because he was kidnapped and kept in a closet in Mexico.
参加面试的人说他甚至没有读完高中，因为他被绑架了然后被囚禁在墨西哥。
6.Family members say the wife of a local candidate for governor, and one of his sister are among the dead.
家人称，死者中包括当地省长候选人的妻子和姐姐。
7.The New York Times endorsed that candidate while they sat on this story, and now with utter predictability they are trying to destroy him.
《纽约时报》曾搁置这个故事以支持该候选人，但现在完全可预测他们正在试图毁掉他。
8.Labour leadership candidate David Miliband, said the "war logs" showed that the war could not be won by military means alone.
工党领袖候选人DavidMiliband表示，“战争日志”证实这场战争无法单独依靠军事手段来赢得最后的胜利。
9.If I'm not especially interested in a candidate, I'm looking for opportunities to wrap the interview up -- not drawing it out.
如果我对某个应试者不是特别感兴趣，那么我会寻找机会结束面试--不会拖时间。
10.The speech made William Jennings Bryan famous. He was a presidential candidate three times. But he never won.
这次演讲使WilliamJenningsBryan闻名于世。他三次成为总统候选人，但他从未赢得选举。