candidate
n
1 person who applies for a job or is nominated for election (esp to Parliament) (求职)申请人; (尤指国会的)候选人
stand as Labour candidate in a parliamentary election 国会竞选中作为工党候选人
offer oneself as a candidate for a post 自荐为某职位的候选人.
2 person taking an examination 参加考试的人
Most candidates passed in grammar. 参加考试的人大多数语法及格.
3 ~ (for sth) person considered to be suitable for a particular position or likely to get sth 被认为适合任某职位或可能得到某事物的人
The company is being forced to reduce staff and I fear I´m a likely candidate (for redundancy). 公司被迫裁员, 恐怕我是其中之一(冗员).