v (1)正式提出(供)(offer or present sth formally for acceptance)[T+n,D+n+prep(to)]:~money in payment of a debt 付款还债;~services 提供服务;~one's resignation to the Prime Minister/a suggestion to the committee/apologies to sb 向总理提出辞呈/向委员会提出建议/正式向某人提出道歉;
(2)投标(make a formal offer (to supply goods and services,etc) at a certain price)[I,I+prep (for)]:Many firms~ed for the construction of the new airport/the contract to build a new hotel. 许多公司竞相投标承建新机场/承包建造新饭店。
n 正式投标(formal offer to do a job of work at a particular price)[C]:legal~正当的投标;accept/submit the lowest~接受/提出最低的投标价格;put work out to~公布招标的项目;We have received~s from several firms. 我们已经收到了几个公司的投标。
【辨异】tender与offer的区别见OFFER。