If someone is on a shortlist, for example, for a job or a prize, they are one of a small group of people who have been chosen from a larger group. The successful person is then chosen from the small group.
双语例句
例：
If you've been asked for an interview you are probably on a shortlist of no more than six.
如果通知你去面试，你很可能就在不超过6人的候选名单上。
VERB. 动词
shortlists , shortlisting , shortlisted
1.?[T 及物动词] 将…列入候选名单
If someone or something is shortlisted for a job or a prize, they are put on a shortlist.
双语例句
例：
He was shortlisted for the Nobel Prize for literature several times.