LISTa list of the most suitable people for a job or a prize, chosen from all the people who were first considered 入围[决选]名单,供最后挑选的人员名单
on the short list (for something)
Davies was on the shortlist for the Booker Prize.
戴维斯在布克奖的入围名单上。
draw up/compile a shortlist
The panel will draw up a shortlist of candidates.
专家小组将草拟候选人的入围名单。
Examples from the Corpus
short list• After being selected from a short list of five people, I was finally not offered the position.• It gave her a short list of problems and asked her to solve them.• At the other end of the scale a short list of names and addresses is not necessarily harmless.• These were narrowed down to a short list of 13 from which Jim's was selected as best-overall.• The equitydepartment was planning a boattrip to become furtheracquainted with the trainees on its short list.• Readers at Borders Books shops helped to choose the short list.
on the short list (for something)• Both were also on the short list of potentialfuturechairman.• David Elsworth's ImperialBrush must be on the short list.• The previous year, four of the six novelson the short list were about growing up in the Sovietera.• Once more I was on the short list.
short-list, shortlist /ˈʃɔːtlɪst $ ˈʃɔːrt-/ verb [transitiveT usually passive]British EnglishBrE
CHOOSEto put someone on a short list for a job or a prize 把〔某人〕列入入围[决选]名单