offer

verb

1. 主动提出；自愿给予
   to say that you are willing to do sth for sb or give sth to sb
   1. He offered $4 000 for the car.
      他出价4 000元买这辆汽车。
   2. Josie had offered her services as a guide.
      乔西曾表示愿意当向导。
   3. He offered some useful advice.
      他提出了一些有益的建议。
   4. They decided to offer the job to Jo.
      他们决定把这份工作给乔。
   5. They decided to offer Jo the job.
      他们决定让乔做这件工作。
   6. I gratefully took the cup of coffee she offered me.
      我感激地接过她递来的一杯咖啡。
   7. Taylor offered him 500 dollars to do the work.
      泰勒愿出500元雇他做这件工作。
   8. The kids offered to do the dishes.
      孩子们主动要求洗盘子。
   9. ‘I'll do it,’ she offered.
      “这个我来做吧。”她提议道。
2. 提供（东西或机会）；供应
   to make sth available or to provide the opportunity for sth
   1. The hotel offers excellent facilities for families.
      本旅馆提供优良的家庭服务设施。
   2. The job didn't offer any prospects for promotion.
      这份工作没有任何升迁的希望。
   3. He did not offer any explanation for his behaviour.
      他没有对自己的行为作出任何解释。
3. 奉献，祭献（给上帝）
   to give sth to God
   1. We offered up our prayers for the men's safe return.
      我们祈求上苍保佑他们平安归来。

noun

1. 主动提议；建议
   an act of saying that you are willing to do sth for sb or give sth to sb
   1. Thank you for your kind offer of help.
      谢谢你的好心帮助。
   2. I accepted her offer to pay.
      她要付款，我同意了。
   3. to accept/refuse/decline an offer
      接受 / 拒绝 / 谢绝好意
   4. I took him up on his offer of a loan.
      他主动借钱给我，我接受了。
   5. You can't just turn down offers of work like that.
      人家给你工作，你不能就那样一一谢绝呀。
   6. an offer of marriage
      求婚
2. 出价；报价
   an amount of money that sb is willing to pay for sth
   1. I've had an offer of $2 500 for the car.
      有人向我出价2 500元买这辆汽车。
   2. They've decided to accept our original offer.
      他们已决定接受我们最初的报价。
   3. The offer has been withdrawn.
      那个报价已经撤销了。
   4. They made me an offer I couldn't refuse.
      他们提出了一个使我不好拒绝的报价。
   5. The original price was £3 000, but I'm open to offers (= willing to consider offers that are less than that) .
      原价为3 000英镑，但价钱还可以商量。
3. （通常为短期的）减价，削价；处理价；特价
   a reduction in the normal price of sth, usually for a short period of time
   1. This special offer is valid until the end of the month.
      这个特价优惠月底前有效。
   2. See next week's issue for details of more free offers .
      请见下周周刊有关更多免费赠品的详情。
   3. They have an offer on beer at the moment.
      他们目下正在打折卖啤酒。

1. VERB 提供；给予
   If you offer something to someone, you ask them if they would like to have it or use it.
   1. He has offered seats at the conference table to the Russian leader and the president of Kazakhstan...
      他已邀请俄罗斯领导人和哈萨克斯坦总统参加会谈。
   2. The number of companies offering them work increased...
      越来越多的公司向他们提供工作机会。
   3. Rhys offered him an apple...
      里斯给他一个苹果。
   4. Western governments have offered aid.
      西方政府提供了援助。
2. VERB （主动）表示愿意（做某事）；提议
   If you offer to do something, you say that you are willing to do it.
   1. Peter offered to teach them water-skiing...
      彼得主动提出教他们滑水。
   2. 'Can I get you a drink,' she offered.
      “想要喝点什么吗，”她提议道。
3. N-COUNT 提供（物）；给予（物）；提议
   An offer is something that someone says they will give you or do for you.
   1. The offer of talks with Moscow marks a significant change from the previous western position...
      提议与莫斯科举行会谈标志着西方立场的重大转变。
   2. 'I ought to reconsider her offer to move in,' he mused...
      “我该重新考虑她让我搬去和她一起住的提议，”他思忖着。
   3. He had refused several excellent job offers.
      他已经拒绝了好几个绝佳的工作机会。
4. VERB 提供（信息、建议等）；作出（表扬）
   If you offer someone information, advice, or praise, you give it to them, usually because you feel that they need it or deserve it.
   1. They manage a company offering advice on mergers and acquisitions...
      他们经营着一家为兼并收购业务提供咨询的公司。
   2. She offered him emotional and practical support in countless ways...
      她以数不清的方式给予了他情感上和实质上的支持。
   3. They are offered very little counselling or support.
      他们没有得到多少指导或支持。
5. VERB 给予，表示（爱、友谊等）
   If you offer someone something such as love or friendship, you show them that you feel that way towards them.
   1. The President has offered his sympathy to the Georgian people...
      总统对格鲁吉亚人民表示了同情。
   2. It must be better to be able to offer them love and security...
      要是能给予他们关爱和安全感肯定会更好。
   3. John's mother and sister rallied round offering comfort.
      约翰的母亲和姐姐到他身边给予安慰。
6. VERB （向上帝或神）奉献（祈祷、赞美），祭献（牺牲）
   If people offer prayers, praise, or a sacrifice to God or a god, they speak to or give something to their god.
   1. Church leaders offered prayers and condemned the bloodshed...
      教会领袖向上帝祈祷并谴责流血事件。
   2. He will offer the first harvest of rice to the sun goddess.
      他将把收获的第一束稻子献给太阳女神。
   3. Offer up means the same as offer .
      offer up 同 offer
   4. He should consider offering up a prayer to St Lambert.
      他应当考虑向圣朗贝尔祷告。
7. VERB （机构等）提供，给予（服务、产品等）
   If an organization offers something such as a service or product, it provides it.
   1. We have been successful because we are offering a quality service...
      我们因提供的服务水准一流一直经营得很成功。
   2. Sainsbury's is offering customers 1p for each shopping bag reused...
      塞恩斯伯里超市为重复利用购物袋的顾客提供每只1便士的奖励。
   3. Eagle Star offers a 10% discount to the over-55s.
      鹰星公司给予年龄在55岁以上的顾客10％的折扣。
8. N-COUNT （商品的）特价，特惠
   An offer in a shop is a specially low price for a specific product or something extra that you get if you buy a certain product.
   1. This month's offers include a shirt, trousers and bed covers...
      本月的特价商品包括一款衬衫、裤子和多种床罩。
   2. Today's special offer gives you a choice of three destinations...
      今天推出的特价线路有3个目的地可供选择。
   3. Over 40 new books are on offer at 25 per cent off their normal retail price.
      超过40种新书降价25％特惠销售。
9. VERB （买方）出（价），开（价）
   If you offer a particular amount of money for something, you say that you will pay that much to buy it.
   1. Whitney has offered $21.50 a share in cash for 49.5 million Prime shares...
      惠特尼公司开出每股21.50美元的现金价收购4,950 万股普赖姆公司的股票。
   2. They are offering farmers $2.15 a bushel for corn...
      他们向农民出价每蒲式耳2.15美元收购玉米。
   3. He will write Rachel a note and offer her a fair price for the land...
      他将给蕾切尔写一张便条，就那块土地开出合理的价格。
   4. It was his custom in buying real estate to offer a rather low price.
      他在购买地产时习惯把价格压得很低。
10. N-COUNT （买方的）报价，开价；赔偿金
    An offer is the amount of money that someone says they will pay to buy something or give to someone because they have harmed them in some way.
    1. The lawyers say no one else will make me an offer...
       律师说不会再有人给我出价了。
    2. He has dismissed an offer of compensation.
       他拒绝接受赔偿金。
11. PHRASE 具有某种品质（或能力）
    If you have something to offer, you have a quality or ability that makes you important, attractive, or useful.
    1. In your free time, explore all that this incredible city has to offer.
       您可以在闲暇时间探索这座美妙城市的各种风情。
12. PHRASE 提供的；供使用的；待售的
    If there is something on offer, it is available to be used or bought.
    1. Savings schemes are the best retail investment products on offer.
       储蓄方案是现有的最佳零售投资产品。
    2. ...country cottages on offer at bargain prices.
       低价出售的乡村别墅
13. PHRASE 愿意考虑买方出价；愿意接受合理报价
    If you are open to offers, you are willing to do something if someone will pay you an amount of money that you think is reasonable.
    1. It seems that while the Kiwis are keen to have him, he is still open to offers.
       看来尽管新西兰几维队很想与他签约，他仍然欢迎其他球队开价。

1. He has offered seats at the conference table to the Russian leader and the president of Kazakhstan
   他已邀请俄罗斯领导人和哈萨克斯坦总统参加会谈。
2. The number of companies offering them work increased
   越来越多的公司向他们提供工作机会。
3. Rhys offered him an apple
   里斯给他一个苹果。
4. Western governments have offered aid.
   西方政府提供了援助。
5. Peter offered to teach them water-skiing
   彼得主动提出教他们滑水。
6. 'Can I get you a drink,' she offered.
   “想要喝点什么吗，”她提议道。
7. The offer of talks with Moscow marks a significant change from the previous western position
   提议与莫斯科举行会谈标志着西方立场的重大转变。
8. 'I ought to reconsider her offer to move in,' he mused
   “我该重新考虑她让我搬去和她一起住的提议，”他思忖着。
9. He had refused several excellent job offers.
   他已经拒绝了好几个绝佳的工作机会。
10. They manage a company offering advice on mergers and acquisitions
    他们经营着一家为兼并收购业务提供咨询的公司。
11. She offered him emotional and practical support in countless ways
    她以数不清的方式给予了他情感上和实质上的支持。
12. They are offered very little counselling or support.
    他们没有得到多少指导或支持。
13. The President has offered his sympathy to the Georgian people
    总统对格鲁吉亚人民表示了同情。
14. It must be better to be able to offer them love and security
    要是能给予他们关爱和安全感肯定会更好。
15. John's mother and sister rallied round offering comfort.
    约翰的母亲和姐姐到他身边给予安慰。
16. He will offer the first harvest of rice to the sun goddess.
    他将把收获的第一束稻子献给太阳女神。
17. We have been successful because we are offering a quality service
    我们因提供的服务水准一流一直经营得很成功。
18. Sainsbury's is offering customers 1p for each shopping bag reused
    塞恩斯伯里超市为重复利用购物袋的顾客提供每只1便士的奖励。
19. This month's offers include a shirt, trousers and bed covers
    本月的特价商品包括一款衬衫、裤子和多种床罩。
20. Today's special offer gives you a choice of three destinations
    今天推出的特价线路有3个目的地可供选择。
21. He will write Rachel a note and offer her a fair price for the land
    他将给蕾切尔写一张便条，就那块土地开出合理的价格。
22. It was his custom in buying real estate to offer a rather low price.
    他在购买地产时习惯把价格压得很低。
23. The lawyers say no one else will make me an offer
    律师说不会再有人给我出价了。
24. In your free time, explore all that this incredible city has to offer.
    您可以在闲暇时间探索这座美妙城市的各种风情。
25. Savings schemes are the best retail investment products on offer.
    储蓄方案是现有的最佳零售投资产品。
26. It seems that while the Kiwis are keen to have him, he is still open to offers.
    看来尽管新西兰几维队很想与他签约，他仍然欢迎其他球队开价。

  offer afford furnish provide supply【导航词义：提供，供应】

  offer v. 提供

〔辨析〕指主动给予帮助等，对方可以接受也可以拒绝。

  afford v. 〈正式〉提供，给予

〔辨析〕多指提供抽象的东西，可后接双宾语。

  furnish v. 〈正式〉提供，供应

〔辨析〕既可指提供抽象的东西，又可指提供具体的东西。

  provide v. 提供，供应

〔辨析〕指为某人提供需要或有用的东西，多用于 provide sth for sb 和provide sb with sth 结构中。

  supply v. 提供，供给

〔辨析〕尤指长时间地定期供应所需或想要之物，多用于 supply sb with sth 和 supply sth to sb 结构中。

  proposal advice offer suggestion【导航词义：建议，提议】

  proposal n. 计划，建议，提议

〔辨析〕指向官方正式提出的计划、建议等。

  advice n. 劝告，建议

〔辨析〕指针对某人应该做什么事或如何做某事给出的意见或建议。

  offer n. 提议

〔辨析〕指愿为某人做某事或愿给某人某物的提议。

  suggestion n. 建议，提议

〔辨析〕指向某人提出供其考虑的想法、计划等。

v.

have sth to offer

• 能提供；能适合要求
  to have sth available that sb wants
  1. Oxford has a lot to offer visitors in the way of entertainment.
     牛津能向来访者提供很多娱乐活动。
  2. a young man with a great deal to offer (= who is intelligent, has many skills, etc.)
     一个多才多艺的年轻人

offer your hand

• 伸出手（以便同别人握手）
  to hold out your hand for sb to shake

n.

on offer

• 提供的；可买到；可使用
  that can be bought, used, etc.
  1. The following is a list of courses currently on offer.
     以下是目前所开设课程的清单。
  2. Prizes worth more than £20 000 are on offer.
     优胜者奖品总值逾20 000英镑。
• 短期内打折销售；削价出售
  on sale at a lower price than normal for a short period of time
  1. Italian wines are on (special) offer this week.
     意大利葡萄酒本周特价销售。

under offer

• （房屋或其他建筑物）已有买主出价，在洽售中
  if a house or other building is under offer , sb has agreed to buy it at a particular price

noun

1. a usually brief attempt
   1. he took a crack at it
   2. I gave it a whirl

   Synonym:    crackflinggopasswhirl

2. something offered (as a proposal or bid)
   1. noteworthy new offerings for investors included several index funds

   Synonym:    offering

3. the verbal act of offering
   1. a generous offer of assistance

   Synonym:    offering

verb

1. put forward for consideration
   1. He offered his opinion

2. threaten to do something
   1. I offered to leave the committee if they did not accept my proposal

3. ask (someone) to marry you
   1. he popped the question on Sunday night
   2. she proposed marriage to the man she had known for only two months
   3. The old bachelor finally declared himself to the young woman

   Synonym:    proposedeclare oneselfpop the question

4. produce or introduce on the stage
   1. The Shakespeare Company is offering `King Lear' this month

5. make available or accessible, provide or furnish
   1. The conference center offers a health spa
   2. The hotel offers private meeting rooms

6. present for acceptance or rejection
   1. She offered us all a cold drink

   Synonym:    proffer

7. make available for sale
   1. The stores are offering specials on sweaters this week

8. offer verbally
   1. extend my greetings
   2. He offered his sympathy

   Synonym:    extend

9. make available
   1. extend a loan
   2. The bank offers a good deal on new mortgages

   Synonym:    extend

10. propose a payment
    1. The Swiss dealer offered $2 million for the painting

    Synonym:    bidtender

11. mount or put up
    1. put up a good fight
    2. offer resistance

    Synonym:    put upprovide

12. agree freely
    1. She volunteered to drive the old lady home
    2. I offered to help with the dishes but the hostess would not hear of it

    Synonym:    volunteer

13. present as an act of worship
    1. offer prayers to the gods

    Synonym:    offer up