bidding

入札

物を買うための金額や、仕事を引き受ける料金を提示すること。

やさしい英語で： The activity of offering a price for something, or offering to do work for a price.

• Bidding starts at fifty pounds.
• Online bidding closed at noon.
• Several firms joined the bidding for the building contract.

使い方： bidding for something (Bidding for the painting was fierce.); bidding on something (Bidding on the contract ends tomorrow.)

よく使う表現： competitive bidding, online bidding, bidding for something

命令

相手が従うことを期待して出す命令や要求。

やさしい英語で： An order or request that someone expects you to obey.

• The servants did his bidding.
• She left the room at the king’s bidding.
• Why should I do your bidding?

使い方： at someone’s bidding (The gates opened at her bidding.); do someone’s bidding (He refused to do their bidding.)

類義語： command, order

よく使う表現： do someone’s bidding, at someone’s bidding