vt.

1. 命令，吩咐[O3]
   Do as you are bidden.

   按命令行事。

   He bade me hold my tongue.

   他吩咐我不要吭聲。

2. 祝；向……表示[O1]
   He bade his friends good-bye and left.

   他與朋友告別後離開了。

3. 邀請[（+to）]
4. （拍賣中）喊（價），出（價）；索（價）[（+for）]
   He bid $300 for the oil painting.

   他出價三百元買那幅油畫。

5. （打橋牌時）叫（牌）
6. 【美】【口】接納……為成員
7. 企圖[+to-v]
   He was bidding to discredit his opponent.

   他正企圖搞臭對手。

vi.

1. 命令，吩咐
   Do as he bids.

   照他的吩咐去做。

2. 喊價，出價；投標[（+for）]
   The firm decided to bid on the guidance system.

   該公司決定投標導航系統。

3. 叫牌

n.[C]

1. 出價；喊價；投標[（+for）]
   Bids for the new bridge were invited from firms both at home and abroad.

   國內外公司都被邀請對承建該座新橋投標。

2. 出價（或投標）數目
3. 出價（或投標）的機會
   Our firm won the bid.

   我們公司中了標。

4. （橋牌中的）叫牌
   Whose bid is it?

   輪到誰叫牌？

5. 企圖；努力[（+for）][+to-v]
   He made a bid for middle class support.

   他努力試圖得到中產階級的支持。

v.

1. offer (a certain price) for something, especially at an auction.
   ▸ (bid for) (of a contractor) tender for (work).
2. (often bid for) make an effort to obtain or achieve.
3. Bridge  make a statement during the auction undertaking to make (a certain number of tricks).

n.

1. an offer to buy something.
   ▸an offer to do work or supply goods at a stated price.
2. an effort to obtain or achieve.
3. Bridge  an undertaking by a player in the auction to make a stated number of tricks with a stated suit as trumps.

v.

1. utter (a greeting or farewell) to.
2. archaic command (someone) to do something.