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這個拼法底下其實是2個不同的字，意思沒有關係， 只是長得一樣。下面分開列出來。跳到 出價；競標 · 聽某人的話行事；奉命行事

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bidding

noun

核心畫面

Picture a room where something is for sale and the price has not been fixed yet. One person names a number, the next names a higher one, and the price climbs until nobody will go higher. Bidding is the name for that whole climbing back-and-forth. It is not any single number in it — one number is a bid, and the bidding is what all the numbers together are doing.

可以想成一個畫面：東西擺在那裡要賣，價錢還沒定。一個人喊一個數字，下一個人喊更高的，價錢就這樣一路往上爬，直到沒有人…更多收起可以想成一個畫面：東西擺在那裡要賣，價錢還沒定。一個人喊一個數字，下一個人喊更高的，價錢就這樣一路往上爬，直到沒有人再加。bidding 指的就是這整個往上爬的來回。它不是其中任何一個數字——單一個數字是 a bid，bidding 是所有數字加起來正在做的事。

A second word, same spelling

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bidding

noun

核心畫面

A different picture, with no money in it at all. One person opens their mouth and says what is to be done; another person does it. Bidding here is the thing that was said — what you have been told to do. It never stands alone in modern English: it lives inside two fixed expressions, one naming the person who spoke and one naming the person who obeyed.

這裡是另一個畫面，跟錢完全無關。一個人開口說出要做的事，另一個人就去做。這裡的 bidding 指的是「被說出來的那…更多收起這裡是另一個畫面，跟錢完全無關。一個人開口說出要做的事，另一個人就去做。這裡的 bidding 指的是「被說出來的那件事」，也就是「別人交代你的事」。在現代英文裡它不單獨出現，而是活在兩個固定說法裡：一個指出是誰開的口，一個指出是誰照著做。

One branch

照別人開口的話做

兩個說法都圍著同一個畫面轉，只是鏡頭擺的位置不一樣：一個看下令的人，一個看照做的人。

noun · C1

To obey someone and do the things they order or ask you to do.

聽某人的話行事；奉命行事

原始詞典資料3 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

biddingnoun/ˈbɪdɪŋ/

  • 1

    That which one is bidden to do; a command.

    • I still have lots of paperwork to do at the boss's bidding.
    • Do their biddings, and they will lead you to "whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report."
  • 2

    The act of placing a bid.

    • Their biddings forced existing owners into ruinous competition; they mortgaged their ancestral acres to buy up outlying properties or round off their boundaries.

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資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。