英语释义
1. qualified to participate or be chosen
eligible to retire
2. permitted under football rules to catch a forward pass
3. worthy of being chosen
an eligible young bachelor
4. a person or thing that is qualified or permitted to do or be something one that is eligible for something
As with the College of Cardinals and the papacy, where every cardinal, in theory, is eligible to be Pope but the number of real eligibles is substantially smaller, so with the American Presidency.
— Stephen R. Graubard … when she entered life, beautiful, accomplished, and an heiress, she had, of course, all the eligibles … of the other sex sighing at her feet …
— Harriet Beecher Stowe
5. able to be chosen for something able to do or receive something
6. suitable and desirable for marriage
7. qualified to be chosen, to participate, or to receive
You're eligible for a loan.