这个职位的候选人数量空前。

There was a record number of candidates for the post.

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当前的候选人数目有多大？

How large is the current pool of candidates?

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再加上大部分网上寻偶者只想在附近25 - 30英里之内的寻找伴侣，实际意义上的候选人数量是很少的。

And given that most online daters look for partners who live no more than 25-30 miles away, the real pool of potential mates is often tiny.

youdao

so given that we chose an odd number of people in the row, if exactly one candidate stands and that candidate is the center candidate, then that's an equilibrium.

假若我们选中行的人数为奇数,如果确实只有一个候选人参选且,那个候选人就是在中间,则那是个均衡

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