bid

verb

1. 出（价）；（尤指拍卖中）喊价
   to offer to pay a particular price for sth, especially at an auction
   1. I bid £2 000 for the painting.
      我出2 000英镑买这幅画。
   2. We wanted to buy the chairs but another couple were bidding against us.
      我们想买下那几把椅子，但另一对夫妇在同我们较劲出价。
2. 投标
   to offer to do work or provide a service for a particular price, in competition with other companies, etc.
   1. A French firm will be bidding for the contract.
      一家法国公司将投标争取这项合同。
3. 努力争取；企图获得
   to try to do, get or achieve sth
   1. The team is bidding to retain its place in the league.
      这个队正争取保住它在联赛中的位置。
4. （某些牌戏中）叫牌
   (in some card games) to say how many points you expect to win
   1. She bid four hearts.
      她叫四红桃。

noun

1. 买方的出价
   an offer by a person or a business company to pay a particular amount of money for sth
   1. Granada mounted a hostile takeover bid for Forte.
      格兰纳达公司向福特公司出价进行敌意收购。
   2. At the auction (= a public sale where things are sold to the person who offers most) , the highest bid for the picture was £200.
      拍卖会上，这幅画的最高出价为200英镑。
   3. Any more bids?
      还有谁出更高的价吗？
2. 投标
   an offer to do work or provide a service for a particular price, in competition with other companies, etc.
   1. The company submitted a bid for the contract to clean the hospital.
      该公司投标承包这所医院的清洁工作。
3. 努力争取
   an effort to do sth or to obtain sth
   1. a bid for power
      权力之争
   2. a desperate bid to escape from his attackers
      拼命躲避攻击他的人
4. 叫牌；叫出的点数
   a statement of the number of points a player thinks he or she will win

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。


1. 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.
   1. ...Sydney's successful bid for the 2000 Olympic Games...
      悉尼对2000年奥运会的成功申办
   2. 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。
2. N-COUNT 投标；出价
   A bid is an offer to pay a particular amount of money for something that is being sold.
   1. 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。
3. 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.
   1. 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。
   2. I don't think she is bidding to be Prime Minister again.
      我想她不会再次竞选首相。
4. 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.
   1. 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。
   2. The bank announced its intention to bid...
      这家银行宣布了参加竞标的意向。
   3. 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。


1. 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.
   1. She bade farewell to her son...
      她和儿子道了别。
   2. I bade her goodnight.
      我向她道了晚安。
2. VERB 要求；邀请
   If you bid someone do something, you ask or invite them to do it.
   1. They all smiled at him and bade him eat...
      他们都朝他微笑，请他吃饭。
   2. I dare say he did as he was bidden.
      我敢说他按照要求做了。
3. See also: bidding

1. 'Gentlemen, I bid you adieu.'
   “先生们，告辞了。”
2. 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。
3. 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。
4. I don't think she is bidding to be Prime Minister again.
   我想她不会再次竞选首相。
5. 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。
6. The bank announced its intention to bid
   这家银行宣布了参加竞标的意向。
7. 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。
8. She bade farewell to her son
   她和儿子道了别。
9. I bade her goodnight.
   我向她道了晚安。
10. They all smiled at him and bade him eat
    他们都朝他微笑，请他吃饭。
11. I dare say he did as he was bidden.
    我敢说他按照要求做了。
12. Speculation centred on a likely bid price of 380p a share.
    大多数人猜测买方出价可能为每股380便士。
13. Two prisoners bungled an escape bid after running either side of a lamp-post while handcuffed.
    两名被手铐铐在一起的囚犯试图逃跑时分别往电灯杆两边跑，结果没逃掉。
14. Kingfisher launched a hostile bid for Dixons.
    翠丰集团对迪克森公司展开了恶意竞购。
15. Notts County Council is to cut 200 jobs in a bid to escape being rate-capped.
    诺丁汉郡议会将削减200个工作岗位，以逃避地方税限额。
16. He has submitted a bid to resuscitate the struggling magazine.
    他已经投标来拯救这个岌岌可危的周刊。
17. He was given the job as a reward for running a successful leadership bid.
    因为成功组织了领导职位竞选活动，他得到了这份工作。
18. The US shell company was set up to mount a bid for Kingston Communications.
    在美国成立了控股公司以出价竞购金斯顿通信公司。
19. Republicans targeted Unsoeld as vulnerable in her bid for reelection this year
    共和党人将安索尔德定为攻击目标，认为她在争取今年连任的竞选中不堪一击。
20. He bid three spades.
    他叫三个黑桃。
21. I bid four diamonds.
    我叫四个方块。
22. The boss pondered for a long time and decided to wait for the highest bid.
    老板思考半天，决定待价而沽。
23. We bid for the erection of a multistory building.
    我们投标建一座大楼。
24. I have come to bid you farewell.
    我是来向你辞行的。
25. Is nobody else going to bid?
    再没有人出价了吗？
26. A finance house made a bid to buy up the entire company.
    一家信贷公司出价全部买下了这家公司。
27. How many firms bid on the contract to build the bridge?
    有多少家公司投标争取那座桥的营造权？

  order bid command【导航词义：命令】

  order v. 命令

〔辨析〕普通用词，多指上级、主人等利用权力、权威等发出指令。

  bid v. 〈文〉命令，吩咐

〔辨析〕较正式用词，多指以口头方式直接下达命令，语气弱于 order。

  command v. 命令

〔辨析〕尤指军官、国王等正式下令，强调下令者的权威性，要求接受命令者必须服从。

v.

what am I bid?

• （拍卖人用语）诸位愿出多少钱
  used by an auctioneer when he or she is selling sth
  1. What am I bid for this vase?
     诸位愿给这个花瓶出多少钱？

noun

1. an attempt to get something
   1. they made a futile play for power
   2. he made a bid to gain attention

   Synonym:    play

2. (bridge) the number of tricks a bridge player is willing to contract to make

   Synonym:    bidding

3. a formal proposal to buy at a specified price

   Synonym:    tender

4. an authoritative direction or instruction to do something

   Synonym:    commandbiddingdictation

verb

1. ask for or request earnestly
   1. The prophet bid all people to become good persons

   Synonym:    beseechentreatadjurepressconjure

2. ask someone in a friendly way to do something

   Synonym:    invite

3. invoke upon
   1. wish you a nice evening
   2. bid farewell

   Synonym:    wish

4. make a serious effort to attain something
   1. His campaign bid for the attention of the poor population

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

   Synonym:    offertender

6. make a demand, as for a card or a suit or a show of hands
   1. He called his trump

   Synonym:    call