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To offer more money for something than another person offers. The word almost always belongs to a situation where people are openly competing to buy one thing: an auction, a house sale where several buyers are interested, a bid for a government contract.
To offer more money for something than another person offers Outbid 就是為某樣東西出比別人更高的價錢。The word這個字 almost always belongs to a situation where people are openly competing to buy one thing幾乎都用在大家公開競爭要買同一樣東西的場合： an auction拍賣會、 a house sale where several buyers are interested好幾個買家都想要的房屋買賣、 a bid for a government contract政府標案的競標。
You outbid a *person*, not a thing — 'she outbid me', 'a collector outbid the museum'.
You你 outbid a *person* outbid 的對象是「人」, not a thing而不是東西 — 'she outbid me''she outbid me', 'a collector outbid the museum''a collector outbid the museum'。
The forms are irregular in the way 'bid' is: outbid, outbid, outbid, so 'yesterday he outbid us' and 'we have been outbid' look the same as the base form.
The forms這個字的變化 are irregular in the way 'bid' is跟 'bid' 一樣是不規則變化： outbid, outbid, outbid outbid、outbid、outbid, so所以 'yesterday he outbid us''yesterday he outbid us' and和 'we have been outbid''we have been outbid' look the same as the base form看起來都跟原形一樣。
In fact the passive is how will meet it most often: 'We were outbid' is the polite, slightly sad way English speakers say 'we lost — someone paid more.' Outside real auctions people stretch it a little: a company can outbid another for a famous football player, or one city can outbid another to host an event. In those uses the 'money' can be a whole package — salary, taxes, promises — not just a single price.
In fact事實上 the passive被動式 is是 how learners will meet it most often學習者最常遇到這個字的形式： 'We were outbid''We were outbid' is是 the polite, slightly sad way English speakers say 'we lost — someone paid more.'英語使用者比較委婉、又帶點無奈地說「我們輸了、有人出價更高」的說法。Outside real auctions在真正的拍賣場合以外， people大家 stretch it a little會把這個字稍微延伸使用： a company一間公司 can outbid another for a famous football player可以為了一位知名足球員而出價贏過另一間公司， or或 one city一座城市 can outbid another to host an event可以為了主辦一個活動而出價贏過另一座城市。In those uses在這些用法裡， the 'money'那個「錢」 can be a whole package可以是一整套東西 — salary薪水、 taxes稅務優惠、 promises承諾 — not just a single price而不只是單一的價格。
It is a fairly formal word; among friends you would just say 'they offered more'.
It它 is是 a fairly formal word一個相當正式的詞； among friends朋友之間 you你 would just say就只會說 'they offered more''they offered more'。
組成out- + bid. The prefix out- here means 'do this action better than / beyond someone else' — the same out- that gives outrun (run faster than) and outnumber (be more than). 'bid' is the offering of a price. So: to bid past someone.
原始詞典資料1 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。
outbidverb/aʊtˈbɪd/
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To bid more than (somebody else) in an auction.
- Bengal outbidded those of Delhi; instead of searching for khalifahs for obtaining recognition, Sultan Sikandar Shah himself took the title .of Imam ul-Azam and Khalifat-ul-Muazzam.
- You must understand that there are people who strive and save their whole lives to acquire something, and when they are simply outbidded or outfoxed by me, it is not taken with a delicate smile.
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。