Improving the quality of the boots was a requirement to be able to bid for the military contract.

VOA: standard.2010.07.06

One is the bid, which is what they'll pay you for a Treasury bill if you want to sell to them.

一个是买入价,就是买方愿意支付给卖方的报价,如果你想卖给他们的话

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

There's a fear here that the ambition of this bid for paternal light is presumptuous, perhaps it's even satanic Satan of course in the next book, Book Four will have his invocation to light.

人们会担心弥尔顿认为光与上帝差不多的想法,过于胆大妄为，或许是极恶的,当然，第四卷里的撒旦,也会祈求光明。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

In New Jersey, Democratic Governor Jon Corzine was rejected in his bid for a second term,losing to Republican Christopher Christie, a former federal prosecutor.

VOA: standard.2009.11.03

That accord mandated by the U.S.Congress is a necessary prerequisite for American aerospace firms to bid on a pending Indian purchase of 126 multi-role fighter jets, potentially the largest-ever arms sale.

VOA: standard.2009.07.20