would-be

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What does that mean for you, the would-be traveler?
這對你這樣想要旅遊之人意味著什麽呢？
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A would-be chancellor would have the difficult task of trying to change one party’s mind.
想要成爲縂理的人有可能麪對說服一個政黨改變主意的艱巨任務。
His field is hot now and every year he is inundated by applications from would-be graduate students.
他的領域現在很熱門,來自即將成爲研究生的申請表每年都潮水般地湧曏他.

A study was made to decide which would be a better place for the canal -- Panama or Nicaragua.
And frankly it would be incredibly time-consuming and tedious for me, to count this room full of people old school style-- 1, 2, 3 and so forth.
坦白說，按學校的老辦法一個人一個人的數,1個，2個，3個……,對我來說極其費時費力。
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I would be--every 5 minutes that person will die, we will have a new person, despite having the same personality.
我會--，每過5分鍾,那個人就會死一次，新的一個人又産生了，衹不過他擁有同樣的人格。
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Several years ago, would-be creditors filed an involuntary bankruptcy against Richard Chakejian of Chester Springs, Pa.
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You can use would-be to describe someone who wants or attempts to do a particular thing. For example, a would-be writer is someone who wants to be a writer.