Word · Frequency #17482
candidacy
竞选
the campaign of a candidate to be elected
- 1.
The state of being a candidate; candidateship.
作为候选人的状态；候选资格。
作为候选人的状态；候选资格。；候选人的地位；候选资格；[法] 候选人的身份；资格
In use
She announced her candidacy for mayor last week.
His candidacy was supported by many young voters.
After two failed candidacies, he finally won the election.
candidacy for [position]
后接竞选职位，如 president、mayor。
She announced her candidacy for the presidency.
她宣布参加总统竞选。
declare [one's] candidacy
常见搭配，也可用 announce 代替 declare。
He declared his candidacy in June.
他在六月宣布了候选人资格。
during [one's] candidacy
表示在某人竞选期间。
During his candidacy, he promised tax cuts.
在他竞选期间，他承诺减税。
Common mistakes
She is the best candidacy for the position.She is the best candidate for the position.
candidacy 指“候选资格、候选人身份”，是抽象状态，不指人；指人应用 candidate。中文常把“候选人”和“候选资格”混用，这里 the best candidate 才表示“最佳候选人”。
He declared his candidacy to parliament.He declared his candidacy for parliament.
candidacy 的固定搭配介词是 for，表示“竞选……的资格”，如 candidacy for president；不能用 to。受中文“对议会”的影响易误用 to，for parliament 才是正确搭配。
Connections
Collocations
- announce one's candidacy
- 宣布参选
- She announced her candidacy for mayor last week.她上周宣布竞选市长。
- withdraw one's candidacy
- 退出竞选
- He withdrew his candidacy after the scandal.丑闻发生后他退出了竞选。
- presidential candidacy
- 总统候选人资格
- Her presidential candidacy attracted national attention.她的总统候选人资格引起了全国的关注。
- declare one's candidacy
- 正式宣布参选
- The senator declared his candidacy in June.这位参议员在六月正式宣布参选。
- endorse someone's candidacy
- 支持某人的候选人资格
- The union endorsed her candidacy for the board.工会支持她竞选董事会成员。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
candidate（候选人）去掉t变成candidacy，就是候选资格；想象一张写着candidacy的竞选入场券。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：political elections、job applications、academic appointments candidacy 多用于正式场合，如选举、职位竞聘或学术评选等；日常口语中通常直接说 be a candidate。
Pronunciation & Spelling
These words all end in the written suffix -acy and have an unstressed final /əsi/, but none rhymes with candidacy /ˈkændɪdəsi/. Candidacy stresses the first syllable and continues with /ndɪdəsi/, while accuracy /ˈækjərəsi/ has /kjərəsi/ and privacy /ˈpraɪvəsi/ has /vəsi/. They are spelling lookalikes rather than true sound matches.
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.