order, bid, command

名詞 bid:

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

動(dòng)詞 bid:

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

1. Several firms have bid for the contract to build the new concert hall.
   有幾家公司投標(biāo)，爭取建造新音樂廳的合同。
2. Several companies are bidding for the contract to build the bridge.
   有幾家公司在投標(biāo)爭取承包建橋工程。
3. I bid two hearts.
   我叫兩紅心。
4. Have they put in a bid for the contract?
   他們有沒有投標(biāo)爭取承包合同？

bid

v.（動(dòng)詞）
bade[b2d, b3d] 或 bid bid.den[bd.n] 或 bid bid.ding,bids
v.tr.（及物動(dòng)詞）
To issue a command to; direct.See Synonyms at command
命令：給…發(fā)布命令；指示參見 command
To utter (a greeting or salutation).
致敬：表達(dá)（問候或致意）
To invite to attend; summon.
邀請(qǐng)：邀請(qǐng)參加；召喚
past tense and past participle bid Games To state one`s intention to take (tricks of a certain number or suit in cards):
【過去時(shí)態(tài)與過去分詞】 bid 【游戲】 叫牌：陳述要（某一花色或贏墩數(shù)目）的意愿：
例句：
bid four hearts.
叫四個(gè)紅心

past tense and past participle bid To offer or propose (an amount) as a price.
【過去時(shí)態(tài)與過去分詞】 bid 出價(jià)：提出或建議一個(gè)數(shù)量作為價(jià)格
past tense and past participle bid To offer (someone) membership, as in a group or club:
【過去時(shí)態(tài)與過去分詞】 bid 成為會(huì)員：接受為某一團(tuán)體或俱樂部的成員：
例句：
.glancing around to be sure that he had been bid by a society that he wanted.(Louis Auchincloss)
.掃視四周以確認(rèn)自己已被他需要的社會(huì)所接納.(路易斯·奧金克洛斯)

v.intr.（不及物動(dòng)詞）
past tense and past participle bid To make an offer to pay or accept a specified price:
【過去時(shí)態(tài)與過去分詞】 bid 投標(biāo)：出價(jià)或接受某一特定的價(jià)格：
例句：
decided not to bid on the roll-top desk.
決定不投標(biāo)那張頂蓋可卷縮的寫字臺(tái)

past tense and past participle bid To seek to win or attain something; strive.
【過去時(shí)態(tài)與過去分詞】 bid 力求：企圖得到或贏得某物；力求
n.（名詞）

An offer or proposal of a price.
出價(jià)：提出或建議一個(gè)價(jià)格
The amount offered or proposed:
投標(biāo)價(jià)：提出或建議的出價(jià)數(shù)目：
例句：
They lost the contract because their bid was too high.
他們因索價(jià)太高而失去了那張合同

An invitation, especially one offering membership in a group or club.
邀請(qǐng)加入團(tuán)體：邀請(qǐng)，尤指被一團(tuán)體或俱樂部接受為成員
Games
【游戲】
The act of bidding in cards.
叫牌：橋牌中的叫牌
The number of tricks or points declared.
點(diǎn)數(shù)：所叫的墩數(shù)或點(diǎn)數(shù)
The trump or no-trump declared.
王牌叫定，非王牌叫定
The turn of a player to bid.
輪流叫牌：輪到某牌手叫牌
An earnest effort to win or attain something:
努力爭?。阂A得或得到某東西的熱切努力：
例句：
made a bid for the presidency.
企圖當(dāng)選總統(tǒng)

<常用詞組>bid in
To outbid on one`s own property at an auction in order to raise the final selling price.
出高價(jià)：在拍賣中為自己的財(cái)產(chǎn)定出高價(jià)以抬高最終售價(jià)
bid up
To increase the amount bid:
哄抬：抬高出價(jià)數(shù)：
例句：
bid up the price of wheat.
哄抬小麥價(jià)格

<習(xí)慣用語>bid defiance
To refuse to submit; offer resistance to.
對(duì)抗：拒絕服從；抗拒…
bid fair
To appear likely.
似乎，可能
來源：
Middle English bidden [to ask, command] from Old English biddan * see g whedh-
中古英語 bidden [要求，命令] 源自 古英語 biddan *參見 g whedh-
Middle English beden [to offer, proclaim] from Old English bôodan * see bheudh-
中古英語 beden [給，宣布] 源自 古英語 bôodan *參見 bheudh-

【引伸】
bid.der
n.（名詞）