So they would have local, sort of higher class, local elites, would bid for the right to collect local taxes, and so the Romans would take the highest bid.

所以他们安排当地人，算是上层阶级，本地精英，竞拍当地收税权，这样罗马总是能获得最高竞价。

耶鲁公开课 - 新约课程节选

You throw out little slips of paper and they take turns going back and forth.

你如果将竞价写在纸上，他们会来来回回地传阅。

充满乐趣 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

During the Clinton years, remember there was a controversy donors?

克林顿当政期间，有个竞价捐款记得吧？

耶鲁公开课 - 公正课程节选