finalist英/ˈfaɪnəlɪst/ 美/ˈfaɪnəlɪst/ n.参加决赛者复数： finalists记忆技巧：final 最后的；决定性的 + ist 从事某职业的人 → 决赛选手TEM8牛津词典noun参加决赛者a person who takes part in the final of a game or competition
an Olympic finalist
奥运会决赛运动员
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柯林斯词典finalist频次1N-COUNT 参加决赛者;决赛选手A finalistis someone who reaches the last stages of a competition or tournament by doing well or winning in its earlier stages.The twelve finalists will be listed in the Sunday Times.
12 名决赛选手的名单将刊登在《星期日泰晤士报》上。
英英释义noun
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双语例句1Li was a semi finalist at last year's event.
去年的比赛中，李进入半决赛。
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2During the performance rounds, only ONE finalist will go home weekly.
首先是在表演赛中，每周就只有一位决赛选手打道回府；
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3Her previous collection, Tell Me, was a National Book Award Finalist.
她的诗集《告诉我》获美国国家图书奖。
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4After that, you've got a meet and greet with the finalist...
之后是和决赛选手的见面会…
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5Who is the finalist employer of governmental statistics?
谁是政府统计最后的东家？
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6Her first book, 'Unnatural Selection,' was a 2012 Pulitzer Prize finalist.
她的第一本书《非自然选择》（Unnatural Selection）是2012年普利策奖（Pulitzer Prize）入围作品。
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7From a total of five finalist cities: The Olympic bid has expedited Beijing's road construction in an all-round way.
雅典从最后胜出的五个申办奥运会的城市：申办奥运使北京的交通建设全方位提速。
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8One finalist designed a compression technology for natural gas wells that will allow so-called marginal wells to produce much longer than they can today.
参加决赛的选手为天然气井设计了一种压缩技术，使得所谓边际井的生产时间比现在更长。
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9His latest collection of essays," Tests of Time," is a finalist for this year's National Book Critics Circle Award.
他最新的论文集“时间的检验”入围本年度国家图书评论奖。
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10Good evening ladies and gentlemen. We are the 12 finalist of the 2007 Miss Chinese Cosmos Pageant.
大家好，我们是2007年中华小姐环球大赛入围总决赛的12位佳丽的代表。
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11I have this interview. I'm a finalist for a big NYT scholarship
我有一个面试，我进入了纽约时报奖学金最后一轮
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12Another finalist is Zara Solar which aims to provide rural communities in Tanzania with solar panels allowing them access to electrical power.
另一个参赛者是萨拉太阳能，他们目标是要提供坦尚尼亚，乡村地区太阳能板，让他们有电可用。
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13I'm here today as a finalist for the McGill fellowship.
我今天来此乃为了争取麦吉尔奖学金。
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14Elegy on Toy Piano ( 2005), finalist for the Pulitzer Prize;
《玩具钢琴的挽歌》（2005）获普利策奖；
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15You may also have a chance to win a finalist spot, as there are still more places to be filled before voting commences.
你也有机会成为参加决赛选手，因为在最后的投票前还有许多参赛名额等着你！
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16Olympics officials announced the three finalist to hold the winter games in 2022, Beijing, Oslo, Alma-Ata Tajikistan.
奥林匹克官员宣布了正式入围2022年冬奥会申办的三座候选城市，分别是北京、奥斯陆以及阿拉木图。
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17Q.What was the overall experience to be close to being the first Asian to win a major championship? You're the first finalist anyway.
总而言之，你是第一个打进大满贯决赛的亚洲选手。你有没有得到一些如何夺得首个大满贯的经验？
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18On average there was a positive return of10% for the world champion and a negative return of25% for the losing finalist.
冠军国家股票的平均收益率为10%，而亚军国家的收益率为负的25%。
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19Past figures show, for instance, that economic growth among world champions tends to outstrip that in the losing finalist countries during a World Cup year.
例如，过去的数字表明，获得冠军的国家当年的经济增长往往超过了获得亚军的国家。
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20They were previously nominated for Decode, which was a 2009 finalist for Best Song Written For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media.
他们曾以《Decode》获得提名，该歌曲曾是角逐2009年最佳影视媒体作品歌曲的决赛入围作品。
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21While Cart said he tried to be aggressive as possible and it worked as he bounced out the former semi finalist in straight sets.
卡特说他尽力保持主动，所以在前一场半决赛中直落6分获胜。
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22Mr. Schwarzman said that the finalist interviews would be scheduled so as not to coincide with the Rhodes Scholar selection interviews.
苏世民说，面试在日期安排上会避免与罗德奖学金的遴选面试日期相冲突。
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23The app was awarded No 1 Travel Application by Google and in 2011 was a finalist in the travel category of the Best App Ever awards.
该应用曾被谷歌评选为“旅行神器”，并成功入围2011年旅行类最佳应用程序奖。
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24My novel "The Moon Under Her Feet" was a finalist for the2008 Prix Aurora Award for Best Long-Form Work in English.
另一部作品《她脚下的月亮》入围了2008年度曙光奖最佳英文长篇小说奖的最终候选名单。
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25The best performances came with the concluding bout between the two finalist teams, one from Xi'an Jiaotong University from China and the other from the University of Malaya.
其中以大决赛的两支队伍，西安交通大学和马来亚大学的辩论最为精彩。
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26Amelie Mauresmo, the1999 women's runner-up, and last year's beaten men's finalist Marat Safin will play night matches.
17日晚上的舞台属于1999年澳网的亚军法国人毛瑞斯莫和去年的澳网亚军俄罗斯的天才萨芬。
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27According to Kurt Eichenwald, two-time Polk winner and 2000 Pulitzer finalist for an investigation of medical clinical trials, Samsung should have been shut down years ago.
据两度获得波卡奖（Polk）、因报道药品临床试验获2000年普利策奖提名的库尔特o艾肯沃德报道称，三星本应在多年前就被勒令关门歇业。
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28We have a world finalist from China who's been working on the Watson Supercomputer that in the near future will be playing Jeopardy against the best Jeopardy players in the world.
我们还拥有一名参加了世界总决赛的中国选手，他一直为沃森超级计算机工作，在不久的将来会与世界上最好的《风险》游戏高手进行比拼。
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29South Korea is emerging as an unexpected contender in the global race to build nuclear-power plants, turning up as a finalist for one of the industry's most-coveted projects.
韩国正出人意料地成为全球核电站修建竞赛的参与者，它突然间成为了一个业内最令人垂涎的核电项目的最后一轮竞标者。
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30Among them, she and her husband Jay-z's cooperation Drunk in Love got a finalist GetWord(" finalist"); for The Best Video of the year and The Best Collaboration respectively.
其中，她与丈夫Jay-Z合作的《Drunk in Love》分别入围了年度最佳录影带和最佳组合两个奖项。
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词根词缀词根fin= end, boundary 结束；范围affinityn. 亲戚；密切关系
af 加强 + fin 结束；范围 + ity 具备某种性质，状况 → 能不断进入〔别人的〕范围 → 密切关系
confinev. 限制；监禁
con 加强 + fin 结束；范围 + e → 进入〔别人〕范围 → 限制
definev. 限定；下定义
de 加强 + fin 结束；范围 + e → 确定范围 → 限定
definitiveadj. 决定性的
de 加强 + fini〔= fin〕结束；范围 + tive …的 → 能结束的 → 决定性的
finaladj. 最后的；决定性的
fin 结束；范围 + al …的 → 最后的；决定性的
finalen. 结尾；终曲
fin 结束；范围 + ale → 结尾；终曲
finalistn. 决赛选手
final 最后的；决定性的 + ist 从事某职业的人 → 决赛选手
finalityn. 终结；定局
final 最后的；决定性的 + ity 具备某种性质，状况 → 终结；定局
financen. 资金；财政
fin 结束；范围 + ance 状态，性质，状况 → 资金；财政
finishv. 完成，结束
fin 结束；范围 + ish 使… → 完成，结束
finiteadj. 有限的
fin 结束；范围 + ite 有…性质的 → 范围的 → 有限的
infiniteadj. 无限的
in 无 + finite 有限的 → 无限的
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