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单词 short list
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short listn.

Etymology: < short adj. + list n.6
A list of selected names, esp. of candidates for a post, from which the final selection is to be made.
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the mind > will > free will > choice or choosing > types of choice > [noun] > selecting from a number or for a purpose > the product of selection > list of people or things selected
short list1927
longlist1972
1927 W. E. Collinson Contemp. Eng. 124 Selection committees to University posts first familiarised me with the meaning of the short list.
1929 J. van Druten Young Woodley ii. 28 He dreamed of a Headship elsewhere, always pulling wires and toadying to achieve it. He had applied for six, and lost them all; in only one case had he ever been on the Short List.
1955 M. Gilbert Sky High ii. 26 The police have got a short list of suspects.
1979 Financial Rev. (Austral.) 3 July 26/1 A two-ship shortlist for the Melbourne aircraft carrier replacement.

Derivatives

ˈshort-list v. (transitive) to put on a short list.
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the mind > will > free will > choice or choosing > types of choice > choose in specific way [verb (transitive)] > select from a number or for a purpose > reduce to a shortlist > put on a shortlist
short-leet1919
short-list1955
1955 Times 12 July 2/3 Further particulars may be obtained from the Registrar, with whom applications (five copies) and the names of two referees, must be lodged not later than 23rd July, 1955. Candidates short-listed will be interviewed on 27th July, 1955.
1961 Guardian 4 Feb. 6/4 A documentary film..has been shortlisted for a 1961 British Academy award.
1974 Country Life 17 Jan. (Suppl.) 25 Discussions..in England will ‘short list’ the properties that should interest you.
ˈshort-listed adj.
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the mind > will > free will > choice or choosing > types of choice > [adjective] > selecting > selected > placed on a shortlist
short-listed1962
1962 Listener 4 Jan. 23/2 The mass of short-listed poems was taken to Farringford.
1977 Wandsworth Borough News 7 Oct. 2/2 The local party's General Management Committee will vote for their choice next Monday evening after hearing each of the short-listed candidates give a 10-minute talk.
ˈshort-listing n.
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the mind > will > free will > choice or choosing > types of choice > [noun] > selecting from a number or for a purpose > the product of selection > list of people or things selected > making of shortlist
short-listing1958
1958 New Statesman 3 May 559/3 It is said that there is a Catholic majority on the party executive which did the short-listing.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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