重要单词用法

bid/bɪd/CET4 TEM4( bidding, bids )

1.

N-COUNT A bid for something or a bid to do something is an attempt to obtain it or do it. 努力尝试[journalism]例：

...Sydney's successful bid for the 2000 Olympic Games.

…悉尼对2000年奥林匹克运动会成功的申办。

2.

N-COUNT A bid is an offer to pay a particular amount of money for something that is being sold. 出价

例：

Hanson made an agreed takeover bid of $351 million.

汉森按约定出价3.51亿美元进行收购。

3.

V-T/V-I If you bid for something or bid to do something, you try to obtain it or do it. 力求获得; 努力争取

例：

Singapore Airlines is rumoured to be bidding for a management contract to run both airports.

据传，新加坡航空公司正在努力争取这两个机场的管理合约。

4.

V-I If you bid for something that is being sold, you offer to pay a particular amount of money for it. 出价

例：

She wanted to bid for it.

她想出价买下它。

例：

The bank announced its intention to bid.

银行宣布了其投标意向。

blunder/ˈblʌndə/CET6 TEM8( blundering, blundered, blunders )

1.

N-COUNT A blunder is a stupid or careless mistake. 愚蠢错误

例：

I think he made a tactical blunder by announcing it so far ahead of time.

我认为他如此提早宣布消息是犯了战术上的错误。

2.

V-I If you blunder, you make a stupid or careless mistake. 犯愚蠢错误

例：

No doubt I had blundered again.

不用说我又犯了个蠢错。

3.

V-I If you blunder into a dangerous or difficult situation, you get involved in it by mistake. 误入(危险境地或困境) 例：

People wanted to know how they had blundered into war, and how to avoid it in the future.

人们想弄清他们怎么会错误地卷入战争，将来如何才能避免这样的事。

4.

V-I If you blunder somewhere, you move there in a clumsy and careless way. 跌跌撞撞地走

例：

He had blundered into the table, upsetting the flowers.

他撞上了桌子，打翻了花。

cater/ˈkeɪtə/CET6 TEM4( catering, catered, caters )

1.

V-I To cater to a group of people means to provide all the things that they need or want. 满足…需要; 迎合

例：

We cater to an exclusive clientele.

我们满足一个特殊客户群的需求。

2.

V-I To cater to something means to take it into account. 考虑

例：

Exercise classes cater to all levels of fitness.

训练课照顾到各种健康状况。

例：

...shops that cater to the needs of men.

… 经营男士用品的商店。

3.

V-T If a person or company caters an occasion such as a wedding or a party, they provide food and drink for all the people there. (在婚礼、派对等场合) 提供餐饮服务; 承办酒席

例：

...a full-service restaurant equipped to cater large events.

…一家承办大型活动及提供全方位服务的饭店。

catering/ˈkeɪtərɪŋ/

1.

N-UNCOUNT Catering is the activity of providing food and drink for a large number of people, for example, at weddings and parties. (婚礼、派对等的) 餐饮供应; 酒席承办[also 'the' N, oft N n]

例：

His catering business made him a millionaire at 41.

他的酒宴承办生意使他在41岁时成为了百万富翁。

accord/əˈkɔːd/CET4 TEM4( according, accorded, accords )

1.

N-COUNT An accord between countries or groups of people is a formal agreement; for example, to end a war. 协议

例：

UNITA was legalized as a political party under the 1991 peace accords.

根据1991年和平协议，安盟作为一个政党被合法化了。

2.

V-T If you are accorded a particular kind of treatment, people act toward you or treat you in that way. 给予(某种待遇) [正式]

例：

His predecessor was accorded an equally tumultuous welcome.

他的前任受到了同样热烈的欢迎。

例：

On his return home, the government accorded him the rank of Colonel.

在他回国时，该国政府授予他上校军衔。

3.

→ see also according to##according to

4.

PHRASE If something happens of its own accord, it seems to happen by itself, without anyone making it happen. 自动地例：

In many cases the disease will clear up of its own accord.