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shortlist

noun
🔊/ˈʃɔːtlɪst/
🔊/ˈʃɔːrtlɪst/
[usually singular]
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  1. a small number of candidates for a job, etc., who have been chosen from all the people who applied入围名单
    • to draw up a shortlist拟就入围名单
    • shortlist for something a shortlist for a literary prize一项文学奖的入围名单
    • on the shortlist (for something) The film is on the shortlist for Best Picture.这部电影入围最佳影片的决选。
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    • The interviewers have to draw up a shortlist of five or six people.面试考官们得拟订一份 5 到 6 人的入围名单。
    • They will choose from a shortlist of seven candidates.他们将在 7 个候选人中进行选择。
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • final
    • all-women
    verb + shortlist
    • compile
    • draw up
    • make
    • …
    preposition
    • on a/​the shortlist
    • shortlist for
    • shortlist of
    • …
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shortlist

verb
🔊/ˈʃɔːtlɪst/
🔊/ˈʃɔːrtlɪst/
[usually passive] (British English)
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they shortlist
🔊/ˈʃɔːtlɪst/
🔊/ˈʃɔːrtlɪst/
he / she / it shortlists
🔊/ˈʃɔːtlɪsts/
🔊/ˈʃɔːrtlɪsts/
past simple shortlisted
🔊/ˈʃɔːtlɪstɪd/
🔊/ˈʃɔːrtlɪstɪd/
past participle shortlisted
🔊/ˈʃɔːtlɪstɪd/
🔊/ˈʃɔːrtlɪstɪd/
-ing form shortlisting
🔊/ˈʃɔːtlɪstɪŋ/
🔊/ˈʃɔːrtlɪstɪŋ/
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  1. to put somebody/something on a shortlist for a job, prize, etc.把…列入入围名单
    • be shortlisted (for something) Candidates who are shortlisted for interview will be contacted by the end of the week.入围参加面试的求职者将在周末以前得到通知。🔊🔊
    • Her novel was shortlisted for the Booker Prize.她的小说入围了布克奖。
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryShortlist is used with these nouns as the object:
    • applicant
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