bid

order, bid, command

名词 bid:

1. an authoritative direction or instruction to do something
   同义词：command, bidding, dictation
2. an attempt to get something
   同义词：play
3. a formal proposal to buy at a specified price
   同义词：tender
4. (bridge) the number of tricks a bridge player is willing to contract to make
   同义词：bidding

动词 bid:

1. propose a payment
   同义词：offer, tender
2. invoke upon
   同义词：wish
3. ask for or request earnestly
   同义词：beseech, entreat, adjure, press, conjure
4. make a demand, as for a card or a suit or a show of hands
   同义词：call
5. make a serious effort to attain something
6. ask someone in a friendly way to do something
   同义词：invite

1. Several firms have bid for the contract to build the new concert hall.
   有几家公司投标，争取建造新音乐厅的合同。
2. Several companies are bidding for the contract to build the bridge.
   有几家公司在投标争取承包建桥工程。
3. I bid two hearts.
   我叫两红心。
4. Have they put in a bid for the contract?
   他们有没有投标争取承包合同？

bid

v.（动词）
bade[b2d, b3d] 或 bid bid.den[bd.n] 或 bid bid.ding,bids
v.tr.（及物动词）
To issue a command to; direct.See Synonyms at command
命令：给…发布命令；指示参见 command
To utter (a greeting or salutation).
致敬：表达（问候或致意）
To invite to attend; summon.
邀请：邀请参加；召唤
past tense and past participle bid Games To state one`s intention to take (tricks of a certain number or suit in cards):
【过去时态与过去分词】 bid 【游戏】 叫牌：陈述要（某一花色或赢墩数目）的意愿：
例句：
bid four hearts.
叫四个红心

past tense and past participle bid To offer or propose (an amount) as a price.
【过去时态与过去分词】 bid 出价：提出或建议一个数量作为价格
past tense and past participle bid To offer (someone) membership, as in a group or club:
【过去时态与过去分词】 bid 成为会员：接受为某一团体或俱乐部的成员：
例句：
.glancing around to be sure that he had been bid by a society that he wanted.(Louis Auchincloss)
.扫视四周以确认自己已被他需要的社会所接纳.(路易斯·奥金克洛斯)

v.intr.（不及物动词）
past tense and past participle bid To make an offer to pay or accept a specified price:
【过去时态与过去分词】 bid 投标：出价或接受某一特定的价格：
例句：
decided not to bid on the roll-top desk.
决定不投标那张顶盖可卷缩的写字台

past tense and past participle bid To seek to win or attain something; strive.
【过去时态与过去分词】 bid 力求：企图得到或赢得某物；力求
n.（名词）

An offer or proposal of a price.
出价：提出或建议一个价格
The amount offered or proposed:
投标价：提出或建议的出价数目：
例句：
They lost the contract because their bid was too high.
他们因索价太高而失去了那张合同

An invitation, especially one offering membership in a group or club.
邀请加入团体：邀请，尤指被一团体或俱乐部接受为成员
Games
【游戏】
The act of bidding in cards.
叫牌：桥牌中的叫牌
The number of tricks or points declared.
点数：所叫的墩数或点数
The trump or no-trump declared.
王牌叫定，非王牌叫定
The turn of a player to bid.
轮流叫牌：轮到某牌手叫牌
An earnest effort to win or attain something:
努力争取：要赢得或得到某东西的热切努力：
例句：
made a bid for the presidency.
企图当选总统

<常用词组>bid in
To outbid on one`s own property at an auction in order to raise the final selling price.
出高价：在拍卖中为自己的财产定出高价以抬高最终售价
bid up
To increase the amount bid:
哄抬：抬高出价数：
例句：
bid up the price of wheat.
哄抬小麦价格

<习惯用语>bid defiance
To refuse to submit; offer resistance to.
对抗：拒绝服从；抗拒…
bid fair
To appear likely.
似乎，可能
来源：
Middle English bidden [to ask, command] from Old English biddan * see g whedh-
中古英语 bidden [要求，命令] 源自 古英语 biddan *参见 g whedh-
Middle English beden [to offer, proclaim] from Old English bôodan * see bheudh-
中古英语 beden [给，宣布] 源自 古英语 bôodan *参见 bheudh-

【引伸】
bid.der
n.（名词）