They need us to believe they are competent for the job before we are willing to vote for them.

候选人要我们相信他们能够胜任从而投票支持他们。

Good choice. He is competent for the position

不错，他做这工作没问题。

The 19 new grant winning institutions will provide ground-breaking exchange programs that will allow students to work in teams, gain technical skills, and become more competent for the global workforce.

19 个新的获奖机构将提供开创性的交流项目，让学生能够团队合作，获得技术技能，并变得更有能力胜任全球劳动力。

That's just being honest and competent each time so that it's not enough to be episodically honest and competent for some of the things you claim to be able to do but not others.

也就是说要每次都表现得诚实且有能力，所以在某些你声称有能力做的事情上偶尔表现得诚实和有能力，而在其他事情上无法做到是不够的。