bidding
noun [ U ] uk/ˈbɪd.ɪŋ/ us/ˈbɪd.ɪŋ/
(OFFER)
出价
the act of offering to pay a particular amount of money for something, by different people
Most of the bidding was done by phone. 大部分出价是通过电话进行的。
open the bidding 首先开价
to make the first offer of money for an object at a public sale of goods
Who will open the bidding at £200?
Serving as a stand-in for the absent bidder, Rose opened the bidding at $3,000.
A man to my left opened the bidding at just under the guide price.
She opened the bidding for the painting at an eye-popping £12 million.
Someone at the back of the room opened the bidding at a figure well below the value.
（纸牌游戏中）叫牌过程
(in some card games) the process of the players saying, before play starts, how many points they expect to win in a particular game
In this course, we will cover the basics of Contract Bridge, including bidding, playing, and scorekeeping. 在这一节课中，我们将涉及桥牌的基本知识，包括叫牌、打牌和记分。
(TELL)
at someone's bidding old-fashioned 遵从…的吩咐而做…
You do something at someone's bidding if they have asked or told you to do it.
At my grandmother's bidding, I wore my best dress. 按照祖母的要求，我穿上了最漂亮的衣服。
She was here in Venice at his bidding. Was that not enough?
What made these people do such things, and at his bidding?
She expects us to drop everything we're doing and come running at her bidding.
At her bidding, I called all the guests and asked them to arrive half an hour earlier.