被推出來等著被選的人
三個意思其實是同一個畫面換場景：那個『站出來、在名單上、等著被選或被評判』的身影，分別放進選舉/求職、考試、以及『最可能落到頭上』這三種情境。
election contender · noun · B1
A person who is being thought about for a job, or who is trying to be chosen in an election.
候選人
核心畫面
You can picture a candidate as someone standing in the lineup, put forward and waiting to be chosen or judged: they're not picked yet, but they're in the running, on the list, under consideration. In ancient Rome a man seeking office wore a bright white to be seen as he stood for election — that figure 'standing forward to be chosen' is the core. Whether it's a job, an exam, or just being the likely one for something, the picture is the same: in the pool, awaiting the verdict.
可以把 candidate 想成一個站在隊列裡、被推出來等著被挑或被評判的人：還沒選上，但已經在名單上、在被考慮的範…更多收起
可以把 candidate 想成一個站在隊列裡、被推出來等著被挑或被評判的人：還沒選上，但已經在名單上、在被考慮的範圍內。古羅馬想競選公職的人會穿一身亮白的長袍站出來給人看——這個『站到前面等著被選』的身影就是核心。不管是應徵工作、參加考試，還是只是某件事最可能落到的對象，畫面都一樣：人在那個池子裡，等著結果出來。From the word’s history
candidate comes from Latin 'candidatus,' literally 'clothed in white,' from 'candidus' (shining white, related to candere 'to shine'). In Rome those seeking office wore a bright white toga (toga candida) as they stood for election — so the word built in the image of someone presenting themselves to be chosen, which is the modern core.
candidate 來自拉丁文 candidatus，字面是「穿著白衣的」，源自 candidus（亮白，與 candere『發光』同源）。在羅馬，想競選公職的人會穿一身亮白的長袍（toga candida）站出來給選民看——這個字裡因此封存了『把自己擺出來等著被選』的畫面，正好就是現代的核心。
Etymonline, 'candidate' — from Latin candidatus 'white-robed,' from candidus 'white,' for the white toga worn by Roman office-seekers — https://www.etymonline.com/word/candidate
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原始詞典資料10 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
candidatenoun詞源 1/ˈkæn.dɪ.dət/
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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.
- All candidates who miss the deadline or make a spelling mistake in their applications are automatically rejected.
- 2
A person who is thought likely or worthy to gain a position or privilege.
- 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.
- In the past two years, NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope has located nearly 3,000 exoplanet candidates ranging from sub-Earth-sized minions to gas giants that dwarf our own Jupiter.
- 5
educationA student taking a degree who has finished the coursework but has other remaining requirements such as a dissertation.
- a Ph.D. candidate
- 6
educationThe recipient of certain academic degrees, now mainly awarded in Scandinavia.
- 7
biologygeneticsmedicineA gene which may play a role in a given disease.
candidateverb詞源 1/ˈkæn.dɪ.deɪt/
- 1
To stand as a candidate for an office, typically for a religious one.
- The matter of candidating for a pulpit is not a matter of difference between congregations and Rabbis, but between Rabbis themselves.
- Furthermore, the fact that a school principal has only been in a large school six weeks does not prevent his candidating for principal of a larger school with larger salary.
- 2
To make or name (something) as a candidate (to be chosen or deemed suitable for a purpose).
- Performance comparison of solar energy conversion candidated for SPS. (From NASA, Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, Houston 1977.)
- In this program if a processor becomes idle, then all feasible activities requiring that kind of processor will be candidated for scheduling. If the number of candidates is more than the number of available processors, activities with higher priority ...
candidateverb詞源 2/ˈkæn.dɪ.deɪt/
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obsoleterareTo make white; to whitewash.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。