1ADJ-GRADED [usually verb-link ADJ, ADJ to-infinitive]有資格的;符合條件的;有能力的 Someone who is eligible to do something is qualified or able to do it, for example because they are old enough. 有資格的;符合條件的;有能力的
Almost half the population are eligible to vote in today's election.
大約有一半人有資格參加今天的選舉投票。
You could be eligible for a university scholarship. [+ for]
The rules covering eligibility for benefits changed in the 1980s.
20世紀80年代,有關救濟金領取資格的規定變了。
2ADJ-GRADED [usually ADJ n](作爲結婚對象)合適的,中意的 An eligible man or woman is not yet married and is thought by many people to be a suitable partner. (作爲結婚對象)合適的,中意的