Word · Frequency #4672
tender
/ˈtendɝː/
verb
投标；出价
to make a formal offer or bid, for example for a contract or at an auction
- 1.
To work on a tender.
在招标中工作
- 2.
To offer a payment, as at sales or auctions; to bid.
提供付款,如在销售或拍卖中；出价
在招标中工作；提供付款,如在销售或拍卖中；出价
In use
Several firms tendered for the right to build the new bridge.
We will tender our offer at the auction tomorrow.
The contractor is tendering for the railway project this week.
Verb forms
base tender · third person tenders · -ing tendering · past tendered · past participle tendered
规则动词，过去式和过去分词加-ed。
Connections
Collocations
- tender for
- 投标；竞标
- Three firms tendered for the building contract.三家公司投标争取建筑合同。
- tender a bid
- 提交投标；出价
- At the auction, she tendered a bid of £500 for the painting.在拍卖会上，她为这幅画出价500英镑。
- tender payment
- 支付款项；付款
- The buyer was required to tender payment within seven days.买方必须在七日内支付款项。
Idioms & figurative uses
- tender one's resignation
- 正式提出辞职She tendered her resignation after the board meeting.她在董事会会议后正式提出了辞职。
- tender for
- 投标；竞标Three firms tendered for the railway project.三家公司竞标了这个铁路项目。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
想象拍卖会上你举手喊价，把报价单递给拍卖师——这个动作就叫tender（投标、出价）。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：商务/法律、招标与拍卖、金融支付 tender 作动词表示“正式提出（投标/付款）”时通常用于商务、法律或拍卖等正式场合，比较常见于书面语或正式通知中，日常口语较少使用。
Pronunciation & Spelling
这些词都与 tender 押韵：重读部分都是 /ɛndɚ/，拼写多为 -ender；vendor 和 splendor 拼作 -endor，但读音相同。注意 tend /tɛnd/ 拼写开头像 tender，但不押韵，因为缺少末尾的 /ər/。
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。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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