bidding

noun

/ˈbɪdɪŋ/

[uncountable]

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the act of offering prices, especially at an auction（尤指拍卖中的）出价，喊价
- There was fast bidding between private collectors and dealers.私人收藏家和交易商急速竞相喊价。
- Several companies remained in the bidding.有几家公司仍在竞价。
- A bidding war for the textile firm erupted.纺织公司的投标战爆发了。
the act of offering to do something or to provide something for a particular price投标
- competitive bidding for the contract这一合同的竞标
(in some card games某些牌戏中) the process of stating the number of points that players think they will win叫牌
(old-fashioned or formal) what somebody asks or orders you to do请求；吩咐；命令
- to do somebody’s bidding (= to obey somebody)服从某人
- At his father’s bidding (= because his father asked him to) he wrote to his lawyer.他遵照父亲的吩咐给律师写信。