The spelling short list is used in American English and sometimes in British English for the noun. 用作名词时,美国英语中可拼作 short list,英国英语中有时可拼作short list。
- N-COUNT (获取某工作或奖项的)入围名单,候选名单
If someone is on a shortlist, for example for a job or a prize, they are one of a small group of people who have been chosen from a larger group. The successful person is then chosen from the small group.
- If you've been asked for an interview you are probably on a short list of no more than six.
如果通知你去面试,你就很可能上了不超过6人的候选名单。
- VERB 把…列入入围名单;把…列入候选名单;提名
If someone or something is shortlisted for a job or a prize, they are put on a shortlist.
- He was shortlisted for the Nobel Prize for literature several times...
他已经数次获诺贝尔文学奖提名。 - Ballymore rugby union ground has been shortlisted as a possible home for Queensland softball.
巴利莫尔橄榄球联盟球场已经被列为昆士兰垒球队的候选主场之一。