make one’s /a bid for1.投标以求承包(某项工程等)：Many building companies made their bids for an engineering of a new bridge，one of them succeeded.许多建筑公司投标以求承包一个新桥梁的工程，其中一家投标成功了。2.(在拍卖场)出价竞购(某物品)：A man made a bid for a second-hand car and bought it at an adequately low price.一个人在拍卖场出价竞购一辆旧汽车，结果以相当低的价格买了它。3.〈口语〉力求争取;力求获得(名誉、地位、财富、恩惠等)：Backed up by his relative，he made a bid for a high position in our company.有他的亲戚作后盾，他力求在我们公司获得一个高级职位。 |