1. After more than 11 hours of bids and counter bids, ABC won in the sixth round. 经过11个多小时的投标和反投标之后，美国广播公司在第六轮中取得了胜利。
2. The world of corporate purchasing can be frustrating for small entrepreneurs who get requests for elaborate formal estimates and bids. 对于小企业家来说，企业采购的世界可能会让他们感到沮丧，因为他们会被要求进行详细的正式评估和投标。
3. The bids were submitted in May and were kept under wraps until October. 标书是5月递交的，直到10月都秘而不宣。
4. Parents would be looking at their emails while the children would be making excited bids for their attention. 当孩子们兴奋地努力吸引父母的注意时，父母却在看他们的电子邮件。
5. As the auctioneer called out bids, in New York one of the oldest banks on Wall Street, Lehman Brothers, filed for bankruptcy. 随着拍卖商的叫价声，纽约华尔街最古老的银行之一雷曼兄弟宣告破产。
