ATTEMPTING OR OFFERING 尝试或出价
The form bid is used in the present tense and is the past tense and past participle. bid 的过去式和过去分词与原形相同。
- N-COUNT 努力;尝试;企图
A bid for something or a bid to do something is an attempt to obtain it or do it.
- ...Sydney's successful bid for the 2000 Olympic Games...
悉尼对2000年奥运会的成功申办 - The Government has already closed down two newspapers in a bid to silence its critics.
政府已经查禁了两家报纸,试图压制批评人士的言论。
- N-COUNT 投标;出价
A bid is an offer to pay a particular amount of money for something that is being sold.
- Hanson made an agreed takeover bid of £351 million.
汉森按协商出价3.51亿英镑接管该公司。
- VERB 努力争取;尝试
If you bid for something or bid to do something, you try to obtain it or do it.
- Singapore Airlines is rumoured to be bidding for a management contract to run both airports...
据传,新加坡航空公司正在争取签下两家机场的经营权。 - I don't think she is bidding to be Prime Minister again.
我想她不会再次竞选首相。
- VERB 投标;竞标;出价
If you bid for something that is being sold, you offer to pay a particular amount of money for it.
- She decided to bid for a Georgian dressing table...
她决定参与一个乔治王朝时期风格梳妆台的竞价。 - The bank announced its intention to bid...
这家银行宣布了参加竞标的意向。 - He certainly wasn't going to bid $18 billion for this company.
他肯定不会出180亿美元来收购这家公司。
SAYING SOMETHING 说话
American English sometimes uses the form bid for the past tense. 美国英语中,过去式有时用 bid。
- VERB 道(别、晚安等)
If you bid someone farewell, you say goodbye to them. If you bid them goodnight, you say goodnight to them.
- She bade farewell to her son...
她和儿子道了别。 - I bade her goodnight.
我向她道了晚安。
- VERB 要求;邀请
If you bid someone do something, you ask or invite them to do it.
- They all smiled at him and bade him eat...
他们都朝他微笑,请他吃饭。 - I dare say he did as he was bidden.
我敢说他按照要求做了。
- See also: bidding