There were a large number of candidates for the job.

有许多求职者申请这份工作。

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There was a record number of candidates for the post.

这个职位的候选人数量空前。

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We interviewed a number of candidates but none of them impressed us.

我们和数名申请人进行了面谈，但都没有给我们留下什么印象。

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Early results showed the two candidates with almost the same number of electoral votes.

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So, in particular, the new things here, two things, one the number of candidates is not fixed.

特别的,新的东西,有两个,其一是候选人的数目不固定

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So the number of candidates in this model is going to be endogenous.

所以这个模型中的候选人数目,将是内在增长的

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"The number of candidates with access arrangements has risen again this year, " she said.

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The number of candidates which US Airways could combine with to increase its size were limited .

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But apportioning funds by, say, the number of candidates a party fields would encourage even more maverick parties.

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