bid

英 [bɪd] 美[bɪd]

To outbid on one's own property at an auction in order to raise the final selling price.

出高价：在拍卖中为自己的财产定出高价以抬高最终售价

To increase the amount bid

哄抬：抬高出价数

bid up the price of wheat.
哄抬小麦价格

(archaic or poetic/literary)seem likely to

(古或诗／文)好像有可能

the girl bade fair to be pretty.
那姑娘好像很漂亮。

To refuse to submit; offer resistance to.

对抗：拒绝服从；抗拒…

To appear likely.

似乎，可能

1. He certainly wasn't going to bid $18 billion for this company.: 他肯定不会出180亿美元来收购这家公司。

2. Speculation centred on a likely bid price of 380p a share.: 大多数人猜测买方出价可能为每股380便士。

3. Hanson made an agreed takeover bid of £351 million.: 汉森按协商出价3.51亿英镑接管该公司。

4. They agreed to bid the picture up to 4,500 francs.: 他们同意将这幅画的价格提至4,500法郎。

5. He has submitted a bid to resuscitate the struggling magazine.: 他已经投标来拯救这个岌岌可危的周刊。