► 名詞
候補 [(1)こうほ] meaning: candidate rank: 2
☆ あの温泉は次の旅行先の候補だ ⇨ That hot spring resort is one of the candidates for our next trip
☆ 大統領候補 ⇨ A candidate for the president
More examples:
- 彼女は金メダルの有力候補だ ⇨ She is a strong candidate, favorite, to win the gold medal
- 候補者は書類選考された ⇨ The candidates were selected through documents (not interviews)
- 彼等は優勝候補の一角だ ⇨ They are one of the favorites to win the championship
- 候補者は二人に絞り込まれた ⇨ The candidates have been narrowed down to two
- 彼等は候補者をふるいにかけた ⇨ They filtered the candidates
- 民主党は彼を候補に立てた ⇨ Democrats have him as a candidate
- 将軍が士官候補生に訓示した ⇨ The general delivered a speech to cadets
- 彼は大統領に立候補した ⇨ He ran for the president
- 各候補に十分間の演説時間が与えられる ⇨ Each candidate is given 10 minutes of speech time
- 大統領候補は皆ドングリの背比べだ ⇨ The presidential candidates are like acorns comparing their sizes. Nobody stands out, everybody is equally unimpressive
- 各候補者は15分の演説時間を割り当てられている ⇨ Each candidate is allocated with 15 minutes of speech time
- 民主党の票の多くが独立候補に流れた ⇨ Many of the votes for Democrats have drifted to the independent candidate
- うちのチームは一回戦で優勝候補にぶつかって負けた ⇨ Our team had to play against the tournament favorite in the first game and lost
- 両政党は選挙で統一候補を擁立した ⇨ The two parties backed one common candidate for the election
- 一回戦で優勝候補に当たってしまった ⇨ We are facing the championship favorite in the first round