湯姆想在發出錄取通知前先確認申請人的品行證明。

Tom wanted to check the applicant's character reference before extending an offer.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 湯姆 Tāng Tom (name)
2 xiǎng
  1. to think (about)
  2. to think of; to devise
  3. to think (that); to believe (that)
  4. to desire; to want (to)
  5. to miss (feel wistful about the absence of)
3 zài
  1. to exist; to be alive
  2. (of sb or sth) to be (located) at
  3. (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress)
4 發出 chū
  1. to issue (an order, decree etc); to send out; to dispatch
  2. to produce (a sound); to let out (a laugh)
5 錄取
  1. to accept an applicant (prospective student, employee etc) who passes an entrance exam
  2. to admit (a student)
  3. to hire (a job candidate)
6 通知 tōngzhī
  1. to notify
  2. to inform
  3. notice
  4. notification

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7 qián
  1. front
  2. forward
  3. ahead
  4. first
  5. top (followed by a number)
  6. future
  7. ago
  8. before
  9. BC (e.g. 293)
  10. former
  11. formerly
=8 xiān
  1. beforehand; first; earlier
  2. at first; originally
  3. for the time being; for now
  4. (prefix) my late (in referring to deceased relatives older than oneself)
=8 xiǎn only used in 先馬先马
9 確認 quèrèn
  1. to confirm
  2. to verify
  3. confirmation
10 申請人 shēnqǐngrén applicant
=11 de
  1. of; ~'s (possessive particle)
  2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun)
  3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis)
  4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 de "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 pǎotángrde "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 xīnde "new one")
  5. also pr. or di in poetry and songs
=11 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=11 really and truly
=11 (bound form) bull's-eye; target
12 品行 pǐnxíng
  1. behavior
  2. moral conduct
13 證明 zhèngmíng
  1. proof
  2. certificate
  3. identification
  4. testimonial
  5. to prove
  6. to testify
  7. to confirm the truth of

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