[, ] () a formal offer to supply goods or do work at a stated price投标◆We are inviting tenders for the provision of training courses for staff.我们正在为员工培训课程招标。◆A local firm submitted the lowest tender.本地一家企业递交的标价最低。◆Cleaning and laundry services have been put out to (competitive) tender.清洁和洗涤服务已对外招标。SYNbid ⨁to invite / request tenders招标⨁to accept / announce / award / issue a tender接受／公布／发包／发布投标⨁to apply for / bid for / prepare / submit / win a tender申请／参与／准备／递交／赢得投标 () an offer to buy shares, etc. at a stated price投标（购买股份等）◆The shares are being sold by tender.这些股份以招标方式出售。◆The group planned to buy back 10% of the company's stock at a tender price of $0.66-0.75 per share. 这个集团计划以每股 0.66-0.75 元的标价回购这公司 10% 的股份。legal tender self-tender 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。