would-be

1. ADJ You can use would-be to describe someone who wants or attempts to do a particular thing. For example, a would-be writer is someone who wants to be a writer. 想要成爲(wèi)…的; 試圖做…的[ADJ n]

...a book that provides encouragement for would-be writers who cannot get their novel into print. …一本給不能使自己的小說出版而又想儅作家的人提供鼓勵(lì)的書。