16日下午，神舟九号飞船将搭载3名航天员从甘肃酒泉卫星发射中心第一发射窗口发射升空，与“天宫一号”目标飞行器交会对接。我国首位女航天员也将搭载飞船进入太空，目前两位女性航天员候选人也备受瞩目。
The first two female reserve astronauts, one of whom is likely to go into space on board Shenzhou IX and become China's first female astronaut, have to meet the same criteria as the men, said a senior medical expert from the astronaut selection panel.
航天员评选委员会的一名高级医学专家称，两位女性航天员候选人的评选标准和男性一样。这两位候选人中有一位很可能会登上神州九号飞船进入太空，成为中国首位女性航天员。
上面报道中的reserve astronaut就是“航天员候选人”，reserve在这儿意为“储备的、备用的”，例如：a reserve supply of food 选拔航天员候选人十分严格，有body odor 相关阅读
自然保护区 nature reserve
空间对接 space docking
“天宫一号”目标飞行器
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Improving your vocabulary 增加词汇量
Greetings after a short break 小别后的问候
Accountability, liability and responsibility 的区别
Acknowledge and admit 两个表示“承认”单词的区别
Is breast cancer linked to night shifts? 乳腺癌与上夜班有关系吗？
Creativity、innovation 和 originality 的区别
Limit 和 restrict 的区别
Almost, nearly, more or less “差不多”的三个近义词
Have your feet on the ground 脚踏实地
Shade or shadow? “阴”和“影”的区别
Dressed to the nines 衣冠楚楚
Talk nineteen to the dozen 说话很快，喋喋不休
At sixes and sevens 乱七八糟
Take part in, join in, participate, attend 四个表示“参加”的单词或短语
Different types of hats 各种帽子的英文说法
Been to vs gone to 语法辨析
Football and soccer 两个词的区别
Double, treble, triple, quadruple 英语中表示倍数的单词
Emperor/empress 和 king/queen 的区别
Under someone's thumb 受人控制
Teenager, adolescent, kid and child 英语中“孩子”的几种说法
Dictionary and other words 与“词典”相关的近义词
Europa moon 'spewing water jets' 木卫二表面“喷射出水汽”
Passion and enthusiasm 两个词的区别
Knock your socks off 叹为观止
Infer vs conclude 两个易混词
Tasmanian devil milk fights superbugs 袋獾乳汁可对抗“超级细菌”
Practical and pragmatic “实用的”两个词的区别
Clash 和 crash 之间的区别
Spectacle, view, sight, vision, scene, scenery 几个词的区别