走進比賽場的人
門後面是一場比賽。報了名、跨進去，就算一位 entrant，跟名次無關。
noun · B2
Someone who enters a competition, race or contest in order to take part in it.
參賽者
核心畫面
One picture for entrant: someone through a doorway that other people are already inside. The word says nothing about how good they are or how long they will stay — only that they have crossed the line and now count as one of the people in there. Change what is behind the door and you change the sense: a race, a university, a whole industry.
entrant 可以想成一個人正跨過一道門，而門裡面已經有別人在了。這個字不評論他強不強、會待多久，只說他跨過了那條…更多收起
entrant 可以想成一個人正跨過一道門，而門裡面已經有別人在了。這個字不評論他強不強、會待多久，只說他跨過了那條線，從現在起算他一份。門後面換成什麼，意思就換成什麼：一場比賽、一所大學、一整個產業。From the word’s history
The packet gives the word as French entrant, the present participle of entrer, to enter — literally the one who is entering. The image and the origin are the same thing here.
資料顯示這個字來自法文 entrant，是動詞 entrer（進入）的現在分詞，字面就是「正在進去的人」。這裡的畫面和字源剛好是同一件事。
Wiktionary etymology supplied in this packet: From French entrant, present participle of entrer (source_ref kaikki:3f6f69a190036ae4:1270912712:6119)
Two branches
剛走進某個圈子的人
同一道門，但後面不再是賽場，而是一所大學、一個行業、一整個市場。裡面的人早就在了，而這個是剛進來的。
noun · C1
A person or a company that has just come into a market, an industry or a field where others are already working.
新進者、新加入市場者