Bid

(noun.) an attempt to get something; 'they made a futile play for power'; 'he made a bid to gain attention'.

(noun.) (bridge) the number of tricks a bridge player is willing to contract to make.

(noun.) a formal proposal to buy at a specified price.

(verb.) ask for or request earnestly; 'The prophet bid all people to become good persons'.

(verb.) make a serious effort to attain something; 'His campaign bid for the attention of the poor population'.

(verb.) make a demand, as for a card or a suit or a show of hands; 'He called his trump'.

校对:威尔默

• If you like I will bid you good morning. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• One of the errands, my dear, which brings me here is to bid you good-bye, I began. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• The boy laughed and did as he was bid. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• Hither, hither, from thy home, Airy sprite, I bid thee come! 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• Then sighed; and saying, 'I knew you would like it,' he turned away, and never spoke to her again until he bid her a formal 'good night. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
• Demi, go upstairs, and get into your bed, as Mamma bids you. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• And so he bids him and his companions depart, just as any other father might drive out of the house a riotous son and his undesirable associates. 柏拉图. 理想国.
• Yes; do as Thuvia bids you, I said. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
• Whatever falls out, say nothing; and do what he bids you. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
• So I _do_ do as she bids me,' replied Mr. Chitling; 'I shouldn't have been milled, if it hadn't been for her advice. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
• Yes, Sir,' and bidding Mr. Pickwick good-night, the chambermaid retired, and left him alone. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• He would not put himself an inch out of his way at the bidding of king, cabinet, and chambers together. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• This done, and just as I was bidding him farewell, I happened to glance towards the book-and-newspaper stall. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• He gave an arm to Ada and an arm to me, and bidding Richard bring a candle, was leading the way out when he suddenly turned us all back again. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• I am not interested in the marriage, and even if I were I could not compel Mr. Wildeve to do my bidding. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• Indeed Captain Rawdon himself was much more affected at the leave-taking than the resolute little woman to whom he bade farewell. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• Esmeralda did as she was bade. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
• She wept, however, as she bade me farewell, and entreated me to return happy and tranquil. 玛丽·雪莱. 弗兰肯斯坦.
• Well, we came to the old boat again in good time at night; and there Mr. and Mrs. Barkis bade us good-bye, and drove away snugly to their own home. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• It was that in which Harry Montague, after a sad, almost monosyllabic scene of parting with Miss Dyas, bade her good-bye, and turned to go. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
• But all days come that are to be; and the marriage-day was to be, and it came; and with it came all the Barnacles who were bidden to the feast. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• What if, when he had bidden May Welland to open hers, they could only look out blankly at blankness? 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
• Holy men have bidden penitents like you to hasten their path upward by penance, self-denial, and difficult good works. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• Here, clearly, was a new legatee; else why was he bidden as a mourner? 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• In the first event he had bidden an eternal farewell to open-hearted converse, and entire sympathy with the companion of his life. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• If you like I will bid you good morning. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• One of the errands, my dear, which brings me here is to bid you good-bye, I began. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• The boy laughed and did as he was bid. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• Hither, hither, from thy home, Airy sprite, I bid thee come! 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• Then sighed; and saying, 'I knew you would like it,' he turned away, and never spoke to her again until he bid her a formal 'good night. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.

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