bid 1 W3 / bɪd / 名词 [可数名词]

1 an offer to pay a particular price for something, especially at an auction

bid for

They put in a bid for the house.

the person who places the highest bid

We’ve made a bid of nearly £400 million for the company.

A takeover bid for the airline was launched today.

2 an offer to do work or provide services for a specific price

bid for

rival bids for the cleaning contract

3 an attempt to achieve or obtain something

bid for

a bid for power

a bid to do something

a desperate bid to free herself from a loveless marriage

4 a statement of how many points you hope to win in a card game

COLLOCATIONS

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put in a bid A big property developer has put in a bid for the land.

place a bid The gallery placed the highest bid of $2.5 million.

make a bid Paramount made a bid for the film rights to the book.

accept a bid The auctioneer may refuse to accept any bid below a certain price.

ADJECTIVES/NOUN + bid

a high/low bid There were several high bids for the painting.

an opening bid (= the first bid ) The opening bid was only $10.

a final bid The unknown man was successful with a final bid of £9,500.

a takeover bid (= an offer to buy another company ) Staff are afraid that the takeover bid will threaten some of their jobs.

a hostile bid (= an offer to buy another company that does not want to be bought ) Airtours launched a £221m hostile bid for Owners Abroad.