shortlist

1. N-COUNT 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. (工作或獲獎的) 候選人名單

If you've been asked for an interview you are probably on a shortlist of no more than six. 如果你已經被要求蓡加麪試，你很可能在不超過6人的候選名單上。

2. V-T If someone or something is shortlisted for a job or a prize, they are put on a shortlist. 將…列入候選名單[usu passive]

He was shortlisted for the Nobel Prize for literature several times. 他曾數次獲得諾貝爾文學獎提名。