backup candidate 意味

• 予備候補｛よび こうほ｝
  

例文

1. however , because yamada was accepted as a backup candidate by shochiku , he was able to be a backup for nikkatsu as well , and he joined the company as an assistant director in 1954 .
   しかし、山田が松竹に補欠合格したため、日活に補欠合格することができ、1954年に助監督として入社。