C2 [ I or T ] present participle bidding, past tense bid, past participle bid to offer a particular amount of money for something that is for sale and compete against other people to buy it, especially at a public sale of goods or property(尤指在拍卖中)出价,喊价竞买
[ I ] present participle bidding, past tense bid, past participle bid If two or more people bid for a job, they compete with each other to do the work by offering to do it for a particular amount of money.投标,竞标
[ T + to infinitive ] present participle bidding, past tense bid, past participle bid If someone bids to do something, they compete with other people to do it.争取;竞争
[ I or T ] present participle bidding, past tense bid, past participle bid (in some card games) to say, before play starts, how many points you expect to win in a particular game(纸牌游戏中)叫牌
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Online auctions, where buyers bid for items over the internet, have become increasingly popular.
How much did you bid for that antique vase?
Five countries are bidding to host the next World Cup.
The game gives players the chance to bid for property.
The council invited contractors to bid for the right to build on the site of the old City Hall.
[ T ] present participle bidding, past tense bid or bade, past participle bidden old-fashioned to give a greeting to someone, or to ask someone to do something打招呼,致意;请求
C2 an offer of a particular amount of money for something that is for sale出价,喊价
C1 an offer to do something when you are competing with other people to do it投标,竞价
(in some card games) a statement, made before play starts, of how many points a player thinks he or she will get in a particular game (纸牌游戏中)叫牌
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The hospital is making approaches to local businesses in their bid to raise money.
They've put in a bid for the company/a bid to buy the company.
At the last minute another company stepped forward with a bid.
Their million-pound bid for the company was trumped at the last moment by an offer for almost twice as much from their main competitor.
The company's shares wobbled with the news of a foreign takeover bid.
C2 an attempt to achieve or get something企图得到;努力争取
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