() [] to make a formal offer to supply goods or do work at a stated price投标◆Local firms were invited to tender for the project.邀请了当地企业对这个工程进行投标。◆competitive tendering竞争性投标 () [] to make a formal offer to buy shares, etc. at a stated price, especially in order to gain control of a company投标购买（股份等，尤指为了控股某公司）◆They are expected to tender for 51% of the shares.预计他们会投标购买 51% 的股份。 () [] to make a formal offer to sell shares, etc. at a stated price招标出售（股份等）◆85% of the common shareholders had tendered their shares in response to the $20-a-share offer.对于每股 20 元的报价，85% 的普通股股东已作出回应，同意出售他们的股份。 () [] to offer money as payment清偿；偿付◆The program reads the purchase price and the amount tendered and calculates the change.这个程序可以读出成交价以及支付的金额，并计算找零。 () [] to offer or give sth to sb给予；提出◆The CEO and the finance director tendered their resignations last Sunday.首席执行官和财务总监上周日递交了辞呈。▸ˈtenderer
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[] ◆Unsuccessful tenderers will be told why their bids failed.未中标者将被告知竞标失败的原因。tender / bid <chn/> If a business bids or tenders for work, they offer to do it for a particular price in competition with others. * bid 或 tender（投标）指企业为做某项目与其他企业竞争出价以争取中标：The company is bidding for a Health Department contract. 这家公司正在投标争取卫生部的一份合同。 The offer itself, usually in the form of a document, is referred to as the bid or tender. 投标内容通常以文件形式呈现，称为 bid 或 tender（标书）：Tenders submitted after 31 October will not be accepted. * 10 月 31 日以后递交的标书将不予接受。Tender [uncountable], not bid, is used to refer to the process of competing to do the work. * tender 用于指招标过程，而 bid 不这么用：They put the contract out to tender. 他们公开为这份合同招标。a tender application 投标申请Bid, both as a noun and a verb, is also used in the context of an auction (= when people offer to buy sth in competition with each other). * bid 既是名词又是动词，也常用于拍卖场合：They have invited bids for a 33% stake in the company. 他们把公司 33% 的股权拿出来拍卖。Decide how much you're prepared to pay before you start to bid. 在出价之前要确定你愿意付多少钱。Tender is not used with this meaning. * tender 没有这一含义。