eligible

資格のある、対象となる

必要な条件を満たし、参加したり何かを受け取ったりできる。

やさしい英語で： Allowed to take part or receive something because you meet the rules or conditions.

• Are you eligible for a refund?
• Only local students are eligible to enter.
• She became eligible for the grant last year.

使い方： eligible for something (You may be eligible for a discount.); eligible to do something (Residents over eighteen are eligible to vote.)

類義語： qualified

反対語： ineligible

よく使う表現： eligible for something, eligible to vote, eligible applicants

結婚相手として好ましい

財産や社会的地位などから、結婚相手としてよいと考えられる。

やさしい英語で： Considered a good person to marry, often because of money or social position.

• He was an eligible bachelor.
• Every eligible young man received an invitation to the ball.
• Her family considered the wealthy doctor highly eligible.

類義語： desirable

よく使う表現： eligible bachelor, eligible young man