词组 | bid |
释义 | bid /bɪd/ noun 1. an offer to pay a particular price for something, especially at an auctionadjectives/nouns + bida high/low bid There were several high bids for the painting.an opening bid (=the first bid at an auction) The opening bid was only $10.a final bid She was successful with a final bid of £9,500.the winning bid A wealthy Chinese businessman made the winning bid for the painting.a rival/competing bid (=competing with someone else’s bid) Shareholders will have to choose between two rival bids for the football club.verbsmake a bid A film company made a bid for the film rights to the book.put in a bid/place a bid also submit a bid formal (=officially make a bid) Property developers have put in a bid for the land.receive a bid They received four bids for the company.attract a bid The business attracted bids of over £2 billion.accept a bid An auctioneer may refuse to accept any bid below a certain price.reject a bid The team has rejected a bid for its top player.invite bids (=say something is for sale) The company is inviting bids for its nine hotels.prepositionsa bid for sth They put in a bid for the house.a bid by/from sb The company rejected a bid by US Airlines.2. an attempt to do or get somethingadjectives/nouns + bida successful bid The agency made a successful bid for funding.an unsuccessful/failed bid He made a failed bid for the presidency.a desperate bid Knox made a desperate bid to stop the ball reaching the goal.a rescue/escape bid Helicopters were brought in to help with the rescue bid. | Two prisoners made an escape bid.a takeover bid (=an attempt to buy another company) Staff are afraid that the takeover bid will threaten their jobs.a hostile bid (=an attempt to buy another company that does not want to be bought) The company faces a hostile bid from a major US firm.a leadership bid His leadership bid ended because of the affair.a presidential bid (=an attempt to become president) He had supported Reagan’s 1980 presidential bid.an election/re-election bid Carter lost his re-election bid in 1980.verbsmake a bid The party is making a serious bid for power.launch/mount a bid The city launched a bid to host the 2012 Olympic Games.succeed/fail in a bid to do sth We succeeded in our bid to reach the final. | Terry failed in his bid to keep the story out of the newspapers.a bid succeeds/fails The bid failed when officials rejected the plan. | If his bid succeeds, he will be the first person from the college to play for his country.prepositionsa bid for sth The ex-president made another bid for power.in a bid to do sth Stores installed cameras in a bid to reduce crime.phrasesa bid for freedom (=an attempt to escape) The prisoners made a bid for freedom but they were soon recaptured. |
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