(常作 eligible for/to do something)having the right to do or obtain something; satisfying the appropriate conditions 有资格做(或得到)的;合格的,符合条件的 customers who are eligible for discounts. 能享受打折价格的顾客。 eligible candidates. 符合条件的候选人。 ■(of a person) desirable or suitable as a partner in marriage (人)合适作结婚对象的,合意的,中意的 the world's most eligible bachelor. 世界上最适合做丈夫的单身汉。
派生 eligibility noun eligibly adverb 语源
late Middle English: via French from late Latin eligibilis, from Latin eligere 'choose, select' (see elect)