1ADJ-GRADED 温柔的;慈爱的;体贴的;柔软的 Someone or something that is tender expresses gentle and caring feelings. 温柔的;慈爱的;体贴的;柔软的
Her voice was tender, full of pity.
她的声音很温柔,充满了怜爱。
Patients may not receive the tender, loving care once associated with a hospital stay.
病人们可能享受不到以前住院时那种悉心体贴的照顾。
tenderly
Mr. White tenderly embraced his wife.
怀特先生温柔地拥抱了妻子。
tenderness
She smiled, politely rather than with tenderness or gratitude.
她只是出于礼貌地笑了笑,而非出于关心或感激。
2ADJ-GRADED [ADJ n](年龄)幼小的,无知的 If you say that someone does something at a tender age, you mean that they do it when they are still young and have not had much experience. (年龄)幼小的,无知的
He had become attracted to the game at the tender age of seven.
1N-VAR 投标 A tender is a formal offer to supply goods or to do a particular job, and a statement of the price that you or your company will charge. If a contract is put out to tender, formal offers are invited. If a company wins a tender, their offer is accepted. 投标 [business]
Builders will then be sent the specifications and asked to submit a tender for the work. [+ for]
建筑商们将会收到说明书,并被邀请参与该项目投标。
Some services are now compulsorily put out to tender.
现在,有些服务项目必须进行招标。
...the consortium that has won the tender to build the second Severn Bridge.
(especially BrE) ADJECTIVE | VERB + TENDER | TENDER + NOUN | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤highest, lowest最高價格的/最低價格的投標▸➤successful成功的投標▸➤competitive競爭性投標◇The contract was put out to competitive tender.合同付諸競標。➤open, private, public公開招標;非公開招標VERB + TENDER➤make, put in, submit進行投標;提交標書▸➤invite, put sth out to, seek招標;就⋯進行招標◇The government invited tenders for a project to computerize the social security system.政府就社會保障系統計算機化項目進行了招標。➤go out to對外招標◇The building of the new school will go out to tender.新校的建設將對外招標。➤win中標▸➤lose輸掉投標▸➤accept接受投標TENDER + NOUN➤offer投標出價;兼併要約▸➤document投標文件▸➤price投標價格PREPOSITION➤by tender以投標方式◇The property is to be sold by tender.那處房產將以投標方式出售。tender
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1kind and loving親切VERBS | ADVERB | PREPOSITIONVERBS➤be, feel, seem親切;感到溫柔;顯得慈愛▸➤become變得親切ADVERB➤achingly, very非常溫柔◇The letters to Penelope are achingly tender.給佩內洛普的信充滿柔情蜜意。➤almost近乎親切◇Her expression became soft, almost tender.她的表情緩和下來,幾近溫柔。PREPOSITION➤towards/toward對⋯親切◇He felt tender and loving towards / toward her.他對她滿心柔情蜜意。tender
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2soft and easy to cut/bite柔嫩VERBS | ADVERBVERBS➤be, seem柔嫩;好像柔嫩▸➤become變得柔嫩ADVERB➤beautifully, deliciously, exceptionally, meltingly, very非常柔嫩;鮮嫩;極為柔嫩◇This meat is beautifully tender.這肉非常鮮嫩。➤just剛好柔嫩◇Boil the potatoes in salted water until just tender.把土豆放在鹽水中煮到剛好變軟。➤almost差不多柔嫩tender
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3painful when touched有觸痛感VERBS | ADVERBVERBS➤be, feel, look觸痛;感覺痛;好像一觸就痛◇The back of my neck feels very tender.我的脖頸兒一碰就痛得要命。➤become變得一觸即痛ADVERB➤extremely, fairly, very, etc.極其/相當/非常易痛▸➤a little, slightly, etc.有點兒/略有些易痛