| 单词 | offer |
| 释义 | offer (ɒfəʳ , US ɔːfər ) Word forms: offers , offering , offered 1. verb B1 If you offer something to someone, you ask them if they would like to have it or use it. He has offered seats at the conference table to the Russian leader and the president of Kazakhstan. [VERB noun + to] The number of companies offering them work increased. [VERB noun noun] Rhys offered him an apple. [VERB noun noun] Western governments have offered aid. [VERB noun] Synonyms: provide, present, furnish, make available 2. verb A2 If you offer to do something, you say that you are willing to do it. Peter offered to teach them water-skiing. [VERB to-infinitive] 'Can I get you a drink?' she offered. [VERB with quote] 3. countable noun A2 An offer is something that someone says they will give you or do for you. The offer of talks marks a significant change from their previous position. [+ of] 'I ought to reconsider her offer to move in,' he mused. He had refused several excellent job offers. 4. verb B1+ If you offer someone information, advice, or praise, you give it to them, usually because you feel that they need it or deserve it. They manage a company offering advice on mergers and acquisitions. [VERB noun] She offered him emotional and practical support in countless ways. [VERB noun noun] They are offered very little counselling or support. [be VERB-ed noun] 5. verb B1+ If you offer someone something such as love or friendship, you show them that you feel that way towards them. The Prime Minister offered his sympathy to the families of the victims. [VERB noun + to] It must be better to be able to offer them love and security. [VERB noun noun] John's mother and sister rallied round offering comfort. [VERB noun] Synonyms: give, show, bring, provide 6. verb If people offer prayers, praise, or a sacrifice to God or a god, they speak to or give something to their god. Church leaders offered prayers and condemned the bloodshed. [VERB noun] He will offer the first harvest of rice to the sun goddess. [VERB noun + to] Synonyms: sacrifice, give up, offer up Offer up means the same as offer. He should consider offering up a prayer to St Lambert. [VERB PARTICLE noun] 7. verb B2 If an organization offers something such as a service or product, it provides it. We have been successful because we are offering a quality service. [VERB noun] Sainsbury's is offering customers 1p for each shopping bag re-used. [VERB noun noun] The insurance company offers a 10% discount to the over-55s. [VERB noun + to] 8. countable noun [oft on NOUN] B1+ An offer in a shop is a specially low price for a specific product or something extra that you get if you buy a certain product. This month's offers include a shirt, trousers and bed covers. Today's special offer gives you a choice of three destinations. Over 40 new books are on offer at 25 per cent off their normal retail price. Synonyms: bargain, deal [informal], discount, steal [informal] 9. verb If you offer a particular amount of money for something, you say that you will pay that much to buy it. Whitney has offered $21.50 a share in cash. [VERB amount] They are offering farmers $2.15 a bushel for corn. [V n amount] He will write Rachel a note and offer her a fair price for the land. [VERB noun noun] It was his custom in buying real estate to offer a rather low price. [VERB noun] Synonyms: bid, submit, propose, extend 10. countable noun An offer is the amount of money that someone says they will pay to buy something or give to someone because they have harmed them in some way. The lawyers say no one else will make me an offer. He has dismissed an offer of compensation. 11. have sth to offer phrase If you have something to offer, you have a quality or ability that makes you important, attractive, or useful. In your free time, explore all that this incredible city has to offer. 12. on offer phrase B2 If there is something on offer, it is available to be used or bought. Savings schemes are the best retail investment products on offer. ...country cottages on offer at bargain prices. Synonyms: available, for sale, on the market, to be had 13. open to offers phrase If you are open to offers, you are willing to do something if someone will pay you an amount of money that you think is reasonable. It seems that while the Kiwis are keen to have him, he is still open to offers. Phrasal verbs: offer up offer [sense 6] Quotations: He's a businessman ... I'll make him an offer he can't refuseThe Godfather Idioms: offer someone a carrot to try to persuade someone to do something by offering them a reward if they do it He is to offer the public a new carrot by reversing this week's doubling of petrol prices. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Collocations: firm offer As soon as a firm offer was made, withdrawals dwindled. Times, Sunday Times Your insurance should be lower than your firm offer to give you room for manoeuvre if things don't go to plan. Times, Sunday Times The bidders have until 5pm today to table a firm offer under takeover rules. Times,Sunday Times A firm offer would be the largest private equity deal since the credit crunch began last summer. Times, Sunday Times Liberty hopes to raise up to 285 million through a firm offer of shares. Times, Sunday Times From tomorrow the building society will offer a mortgage that allows up to 12 family members to help a young relation buy a property. Times, Sunday Times While some firms will offer a mortgage, it's best to try a specialist broker. The Sun This will offer a mortgage guarantee to borrowers with a deposit of 5%, allowing them to access better rates. Times, Sunday Times For that reason, most lenders will not offer a mortgage to a trust. Times, Sunday Times Who would offer a mortgage to someone who might soon be unemployed? The Sun All we seem to be able to find are big hotels or plantation houses and nobody seems to offer a package for one flight but accommodation for two. Times, Sunday Times Initial salaries have risen by more than 15 per cent over the past five years and a quarter of leading graduate programmes now offer a package of at least 30,000. Times, Sunday Times It could then offer a package of home, car, travel and pet insurance at a lower price. Times, Sunday Times Some installers offer a package deal from measurement, to construction, to installation. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Rather, history informs the shape and conduct of the plot; however lightly engaged, the plot's method and action offer a perspective on the past. The Times Literary Supplement His departure may offer some perspective on his approach to the job. Times, Sunday Times It will make for some compelling images and it will offer a perspective of what it takes to do the job of a referee. Times, Sunday Times Many of our athletes and some of our spectators have contributed to this supplement to offer their perspective on the role our volunteers played. Times, Sunday Times The ease of transition - there's no more than a few hundred yards between parade ring and track - makes it a homely affair and offers a perspective unlike any other racecourse. Times, Sunday Times Would my father come and talk with her and offer a prayer? Christianity Today In our church, we offer a prayer of consecration at the beginning of each choir season. Christianity Today The students always get together in a line in the front field or veranda and offer their prayer. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Following this, the angel would offer a prayer of universal intercession, at which time also incense would be offered. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Readers' expectations have been changed, if only because the internet has come to offer a range of interests far beyond the ordinary tabloid menu. Times, Sunday Times These products are life insurance policies that typically offer a range of investment funds within the bond wrapper. Times, Sunday Times The trust's other charges offer a range of delights and interesting associations. Times, Sunday Times Fresh, natural, locally sourced ingredients offer a range of vitamins. The Sun Many of the bigger companies offer a range of these and other services. Times, Sunday Times Wearing a polo shirt and jeans, he hops out and offers a ride to the club's manager. Times, Sunday Times Pink-blossoming cherry trees have been winched onto the terrace and guests are offered a ride on customised double-decker buses. Times, Sunday Times Few can offer a riding stable with 35 thoroughbred horses, not to mention four polo fields and more than 200 polo ponies next door. Times, Sunday Times She later found it rewarding to be able to offer a scholarship or a bursary place to a family who could not have otherwise afforded it. Times, Sunday Times She was clever, though, and was even offered a scholarship to a private school, but didn't take it up. Times, Sunday Times She was offered a scholarship on the spot. Times, Sunday Times The scholarship panel will meet after the selection day to decide who will be offered the scholarship award. Times, Sunday Times There was talk of him being offered a scholarship to one of the best schools in the city. Times, Sunday Times Indoor and outdoor stalls will offer a selection of home-made food, drink and gifts. Times, Sunday Times We offer a selection of back and headrests for freestanding baths. Times,Sunday Times More than 90 stalls will offer a selection of plants and garden essentials, meals and refreshments. The Sun Most water companies offer a selection of these devices for free. Times,Sunday Times They offer a selection of specialist nurseries and small local growers, who are on hand to give advice, and wellgrown, hardened-off plants. Times, Sunday Times Those who offer a service can compete for custom. Times, Sunday Times However, lenders will not be obliged to offer this service. Times, Sunday Times Most online stores offer a service where you can save an item until you decide whether you really love it or can afford it. The Sun Only about a fifth of its shops offer the service at the moment. Times,Sunday Times If students are to part with considerable sums for their education, then universities must offer a service worth paying for. Times, Sunday Times That could offer a solution to the embarrassment of all these new knights cluttering up the place. Times, Sunday Times A council property like this school can offer a solution to a cash-strapped start-up seeking premises or a community hoping to rebuild a microeconomy. Times, Sunday Times Equally, if you can't offer a solution, you'll try to calm those involved. Times, Sunday Times The school and a psychiatrist she has seen seem to be unable to offer any solution other than 'time'. Times, Sunday Times But a recent technological development may offer a solution. ST The chef came by their table to check on them and offer a tour of the kitchen. Houston Chronicle Both offer a tour service linking various places of interest on the island. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Apparently they were offered a tour but for whatever reason they didn't do it. The Sun The driver sits in front of five displays that offer a view in excess of 180 degrees. Times, Sunday Times I offer the view that his rugby form remains outstanding. Times, Sunday Times Now he can stand back and offer his view. Times, Sunday Times The government has yet to offer any view. Times, Sunday Times These completely fill the chancel and offer a view of changing aristocratic taste in the 16th and 17th centuries. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 I can only guess why this should be and offer my opinion that the authors' use of language should not be emulated. Times, Sunday Times Two things have moved me to offer an opinion. Times, Sunday Times While anchors remain expressionless and never offer an opinion, they have made a small fashion statement. Times, Sunday Times She almost certainly will turn to you in the end but don't offer your opinion before then. The Sun I offer this opinion as a retired pilot of 30 years' experience. Times, Sunday Times In 2019, a chock-full of anniversaries offer an opportunity to narrow your focus and visit standout exhibitions, festivals or rare natural wonders. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Meanwhile, they offer the opportunity to meet like-minded people. Times, Sunday Times These condors offer the opportunity to add to her existing dataset an extreme, large bird end member. Smithsonian Mag Fixed rates have been hitting record lows and offer the opportunity to remove any uncertainty. Times, Sunday Times Given the constitutional sensitivities, why arrest him rather than offer the opportunity to attend for interview by arrangement? Times, Sunday Times Always looked to offer an option infield, though. Times, Sunday Times I'm just waiting for someone to offer that option too. Times, Sunday Times Most insurers offer the option of adding winter sports cover for an extra premium. Times, Sunday Times Nearly all the companies have also committed to offer an option to hire rental cars on a 'collect full, return full' basis. Times, Sunday Times Instead, they offer the option of talking to an automated chatbot. Times,Sunday Times Their offer for sale suggests that the trader has uncovered the secret computer code, or algorithm, used to generate them. Times, Sunday Times This situation would have been avoided if the offer for sale had been made by tender, as such offers were frequently made in the 1960s. Times, Sunday Times But there are a lot of confidence tricksters out there who offer for sale nuclear knowhow and materials such as enriched uranium with no possibility that they can deliver. Times, Sunday Times Any retailer should have an absolute right not to offer for sale, for whatever reason, any product that they choose. Times, Sunday Times Nurseries offer for sale trees with grafted stems that can produce four or more varieties of related fruits, including apples. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Disease-fighting chemicals called polyphenols found in tea and coffee may also offer protection. The Sun Immunity to the coronavirus could be long-lasting and offer protection for years, according to a study that raises hopes that vaccines will be effective. Times,Sunday Times A parasol or umbrella attached to her pushchair will offer protection when she's out. Times, Sunday Times Insiders said they would offer protection for ships sailing through the perilous choke point if they asked for assistance. The Sun The scheme would also 'offer protection for privacy by setting up incentives for newspapers to think very carefully before publishing a story'. Times, Sunday Times Those measures are currently being put in place, which should offer reassurance. Times,Sunday Times The force said that officers were patrolling the streets to offer reassurance to the local community. Times,Sunday Times We need our next government to offer reassurance that savings contributions will be protected, including some guarantees on pension reform. Times, Sunday Times A review of the controls on pesticide use would also offer reassurance to a sceptical public. Times, Sunday Times When it comes to capacity, venues are erring on the side of caution to offer reassurance. Times,Sunday Times Stopping smoking can only improve lung function and offer resistance to the virus. The Sun That was awful - a contest between a team passing themselves to sleep and another that could only offer resistance. The Sun The ligamentous structures offer resistance to shear and loading. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This mighty and terrible monster would, of course, offer resistance in some form or other, he wrote. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The forts were built in 2.5 m unreinforced concrete, which would offer resistance to 28 cm caliber shells. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 To flatly refuse his offer will cause offence, possibly to both parties. Times, Sunday Times Look too at why you find it hard to refuse any offer. The Sun However, when a pair of rogues refuse his offer, he sends a trusted ally to track them down. The Sun For gang leaders he has a more uncompromising message: if they refuse an offer to go straight, they will be locked up. Times, Sunday Times I don't want to refuse the offer. Times, Sunday Times But, through gritted teeth, the cockney singer was forced to reject the offer because she's lost her voice. The Sun Six councils have already decided to reject the offer but 116 have said that they will implement a freeze. Times, Sunday Times Millions of workers will reject the offer of a company pension scheme, a new report has revealed. Times, Sunday Times At times this seemed to extend to an inability to reject an offer of a drink. Times, Sunday Times The person may reject your offer with a defensive denial of wrongdoing. Christianity Today The wellbeing resort offers weekend, four-day and seven-day boot camps. The Sun The 30m resort offers spa breaks that 'aim to improve lifestyle and enhance general wellbeing for the long term'. Times, Sunday Times If they want a closer look the resort offers camel rides and helicopter flights. Times, Sunday Times The resort offers riding and walking through the rainforest (with the resident naturalist), plus a treetop zip line. Times, Sunday Times The resort offers a multitude of facilities and activities to enjoy. Times, Sunday Times Green has acknowledged as much by making his settlement offer. Times, Sunday Times She reportedly turned down a settlement offer of more than 1.5m. Times, Sunday Times The reduction of potential damages to 1.5 billion makes that settlement offer look considerably more attractive. Times, Sunday Times The taxman has given investors until the end of the month to accept a settlement offer, ahead of a tribunal to determine whether schemes were legitimate or not. Times, Sunday Times Rich rejected a $300,000 settlement offer. canada.com This way he can graciously spurn your offer, while feeling reassured that you are not just taking advantage of him. Times, Sunday Times Official investigators spurned the offer. Outlook India He spurns the offer, demanding $150 billion, which they will not pay. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He refuses and spurns her offers of gifts and gold. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 She spurns his offer to spend the night without telling him why. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Some will succumb to the tempting offer of a junior ministerial job. Times, Sunday Times If you have received a letter from your mortgage lender recently with a seemingly tempting offer, think twice before taking up the deal. Times, Sunday Times Tell your neighbour it's a tempting offer but you need to think more long-term and want to keep good neighbourly relations unclouded. The Sun Follow up on a tempting offer, made for a second time. The Sun Her plans are put on hold when she reluctantly takes up a tempting offer from her grand-uncle. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The seller has a dilemma, however: if they turn down an offer in one room, they can never go back. Times, Sunday Times She'd be wise to turn down any offer of a duet, though ... The Sun But the seller can only go from one dealer to the next if they turn down an offer. Times, Sunday Times They turn down the offer of a loan with the commitment to pay 17m in the summer. The Sun I am also sure that the full story of how they came to turn down the offer has not yet come out. Times, Sunday Times The unsolicited offer amounts to $70 a share. The Sun Later she received an unsolicited offer to go on a personal appearance tour, which she accepted. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The company immediately received a number of unsolicited offers for parts of its portfolio. Times, Sunday Times The deal never came off, presumably because the unsolicited offers for the business were not high enough. Times, Sunday Times But they had to withdraw their offer after learning she was too light for the safe working of the ejector seat. The Sun Knowing our luck, they'll find the whole thing so distasteful that they'll withdraw their offer. Times, Sunday Times Sky reserve the right to withdraw the offer individually or collectively should they suspect fraudulent use. The Sun It doesn't seem just that the insurer can withdraw the offer because of an error made by its staff. Times, Sunday Times The promoter reserves the right to withdraw the offer at any time and without prior notice. The Sun Translations: Chinese: 出价, 给 Japanese: 提供, 提供する |
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