为成为2008年北京奥运会电器产品独家供应商，英格索兰（中国）投资有限公司日前表示，他们会积极备战并有信心竞标成功。据透露，对于最终供应商的确定，北京奥组委将于8月份在对最后候选人的产品进行评定后给予定夺。

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Jeff Song, vice-president of the firm, said the committee is planning a performance evaluation on severalshort-listedcandidates in August and will then make a final decision.

报道中的short-listed candidates就是指“经过初次选拔后，参加决选的候选人”，参赛者可以是竞争“某个职位”、“某种荣誉”或“某个晋升机会”。

Short-listed源于动词词组short-list（把…列入决选名单），例如：He's been short-listed for the director's job.（他已经入围董事一职的决选名单。）

另外，去掉连字符的short list可作名词词组，指“决选名单”，所以，上面一句话也可改写为：She was on the short list for the position of director.


(英语点津陈蓓编辑）