Word · Frequency #4672
tender
投标；报价；提议
a formal offer, bid, or proposal
- 1.
The inner flight muscle (pectoralis minor) of poultry.
家禽的内胸肌(小胸肌)
- 2.
A railroad car towed behind a steam engine to carry fuel and water.
蒸汽机车后面拖的运载燃料和水的车厢
- 3.
Anything which is offered, proffered, put forth or bid with the expectation of a response, answer, or reply.
出于期待回应、答复或回复而提供、提出或投标的东西。
- 4.
something that can be used as an official medium of payment
可用作官方支付手段的东西
- 5.
A naval ship that functions as a mobile base for other ships.
作为其他舰船移动基地的海军舰艇。
- 6.
A means of payment such as a check or cheque, cash or credit card.
支付手段,如支票、现金或信用卡。
- 7.
someone who waits on or tends to or attends to the needs of another
照顾或满足他人需求的人
- 8.
A smaller boat used for transportation between a large ship and the shore.
用于大船与岸之间运输的小船
- 9.
A formal offer to buy or sell something.
正式的买卖报价。
- 10.
a formal proposal to buy at a specified price
以指定价格购买的正式提议
- 11.
A member of a diving team who assists a diver during a dive but does not themselves go underwater.
潜水队中协助潜水员但自己不下水的成员。
- 12.
Any offer or proposal made for acceptance.
为求接受而提出的任何提议或建议。
- 13.
Someone who tends or waits on something or someone.
照料或服务某物或某人的人
法定货币；支付手段；鸡里脊；鸡柳；交通艇；接驳船；煤水车；补给舰；母舰
In use
Our company decided to submit a tender for the new railway project.
The tender must include a detailed budget and a timeline.
Several firms have expressed interest in the tender.
Connections
Collocations
- legal tender
- 法定货币
- Only the official currency is legal tender for paying debts.只有官方货币才是偿还债务的合法支付手段。
- chicken tenders
- 鸡柳；鸡里脊
- I ordered a salad with chicken tenders on top.我点了一份上面放有鸡柳的沙拉。
- tender offer
- 收购要约；要约收购
- The board rejected the hostile tender offer from the rival firm.董事会拒绝了竞争对手公司的敌意收购要约。
- submit a tender
- 提交投标书
- Three companies submitted a tender for the bridge construction project.三家公司为这座桥梁建设项目提交了投标书。
- call for tenders
- 招标；征集投标
- The government issued a call for tenders to upgrade the railway network.政府发出招标公告，以升级铁路网络。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想：tender 里藏着 tend（照料），照料者叫 tender；投标、补给船、法定货币都是‘提供给对方’的东西。
Context & Register
语域：mixed 常见场景：legal/financial、commercial、culinary、railway/maritime 作为名词，'tender' 的整体语域为混合型：在法律/金融和商务语境中通常指“法定货币”或“投标/报价”，比较正式；在餐饮语境中常指“鸡肉条”，比较随意；在铁路/海事语境中则指“补给车/船”。这类用法都较为常见，建议根据具体上下文判断语域。
Pronunciation & Spelling
All listed words rhyme with tender: they share the stressed vowel /ɛ/ and the ending /ndər/ (or /ndɚ/). Beware of lookalikes: tinder /ˈtɪndər/ changes the vowel, and tenor /ˈtɛnər/ drops the /d/.
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 2，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
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