vt.

1. 命令，吩咐[O3]
   Do as you are bidden.

   按命令行事。

   He bade me hold my tongue.

   他吩咐我不要吭声。

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

   他与朋友告别后离开了。

3. 邀请[（+to）]
4. （拍卖中）喊（价），出（价）；索（价）[（+for）]
   He bid $300 for the oil painting.

   他出价三百美元买那幅油画。

5. （打桥牌时）叫（牌）
6. 【美】【口】接纳……为成员
7. 企图[+to-v]
   He was bidding to discredit his opponent.

   他正企图搞臭对手。

vi.

1. 命令，吩咐
   Do as he bids.

   照他的吩咐去做。

2. 喊价，出价；投标[（+for）]
   The firm decided to bid on the guidance system.

   该公司决定投标导航系统。

3. 叫牌

n.[C]

1. 出价；喊价；投标[（+for）]
   Bids for the new bridge were invited from firms both at home and abroad.

   国内外公司都被邀请对承建该座新桥投标。

2. 出价（或投标）数目
3. 出价（或投标）的机会
   Our firm won the bid.

   我们公司中了标。

4. （桥牌中的）叫牌
   Whose bid is it?

   轮到谁叫牌？

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

   他努力试图得到中产阶级的支持。

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.