Bid

[bɪd]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) an attempt to get something; 'they made a futile play for power'; 'he made a bid to gain attention'.

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

(noun.) a formal proposal to buy at a specified price.

(verb.) ask for or request earnestly; 'The prophet bid all people to become good persons'.

(verb.) make a serious effort to attain something; 'His campaign bid for the attention of the poor population'.

(verb.) make a demand, as for a card or a suit or a show of hands; 'He called his trump'.

校對:威尔默--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(-) of Bid

(-) of Bid

(v. t.) To make an offer of; to propose. Specifically : To offer to pay ( a certain price, as for a thing put up at auction), or to take (a certain price, as for work to be done under a contract).

(v. t.) To offer in words; to declare, as a wish, a greeting, a threat, or defiance, etc.; as, to bid one welcome; to bid good morning, farewell, etc.

(v. t.) To proclaim; to declare publicly; to make known.

(v. t.) To order; to direct; to enjoin; to command.

(v. t.) To invite; to call in; to request to come.

(-) imp. & p. p. of Bid.

(n.) An offer of a price, especially at auctions; a statement of a sum which one will give for something to be received, or will take for something to be done or furnished; that which is offered.

(v. t.) To pray.

(v. t.) To make a bid; to state what one will pay or take.

康拉德編輯

同義詞及近義詞：

n. Offer (of a price), bidding, proposal.

v. a. [1]. Command, order, require, charge, enjoin, direct.[2]. Offer, propose, proffer, tender.[3]. Pronounce, declare, utter.

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同義詞及反義詞：

SYN:Tell, request, instruct, direct, order, proffer, charge, command, propose,offer

ANT:Forbid, deter, prohibit, restrain

校對:梅雷迪思

解釋/意思:

v.t. to ask for: (nearly obs.): to pray.

v.t. to offer: to propose: to proclaim as the banns of marriage: to invite: to command: to make an offer and to increase the amount offered for a thing—at an auction:—pr.p. bid′ding; pa.t. bid or bade; pa.p. bid bid′den.—n. an offer of a price.—ns. Bid′der one who bids or offers a price; Bid′ding offer: invitation: command; Bid′ding-pray′er a form of prayer directed to be used before all sermons lectures and homilies preached apart from the daily service or holy communion—as university sermons so called because in it the preacher is directed to bid or exhort the people to pray for certain specified objects.—To bid fair to seem likely.

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