| 单词 | offer |
| 释义 | offer offer /; AmE ; / verb, noun
■ verb [+ obj]
1 offer sth (to sb) (for sth) | offer sb sth to say that you are willing to do sth for sb or give sth to sb: They decided to offer Ms Keen the job. They decided to offer the job to Ms Keen. He offered $4 000 for the car. Taylor offered him 500 dollars to do the work. The CEO has offered to resign.
2 to make sth available or to provide the opportunity for sth: The hotel offered excellent facilities for business people. The new shares will be offered at 66 cents each. The job didn't offer any prospects for promotion. The bank offers a wide variety of insurance packages. This man-made fabric offers many advantages over natural fabrics.
■ noun [C]
COUNTER-OFFER, GENERAL OFFER, OPEN OFFER, SHARE OFFER, SPECIAL OFFER, STOCK OFFER, TENDER OFFER, TRIAL OFFER
1 an act of saying that you are willing to do sth for sb or give sth to sb: She has received a firm job offer. You can't just turn down offers of work like that. the offer of a 3% pay rise an offer to raise salaries
❖ to make/receive/renew/withdraw an offer ◆ to accept/decline/refuse/reject/turn down an offer ◆ a job/pay offer
2 an amount of money that sb is willing to pay for sth: I've had an offer of $2 500 for the car. The offer has been withdrawn. Shareholders have voted to reject the $45-a-share offer. The original price was $3 000, but we're open to offers (= willing to consider offers less than that). They are raising their offer to buy out the telecoms company. ⇨ O.N.O.
❖ to make/receive/renew/withdraw an offer ◆ to accept/decline/refuse/reject/turn down an offer ◆ to improve/increase/raise an offer ◆ a cash/hostile/takeover offer
3 a reduction in the normal price of sth, usually for a short period of time: This offer is valid until the end of the month. They have an offer on sugar at the moment. bargain offers on home entertainment See next week's issue for details of more free offers.
a bargain/free/an introductory offer
4 an act of saying that sth is available for sale: The offer closes on March 12th.
IDIOMS
on offer
1 that can be bought, used, etc: The range of games on offer will appeal to all age groups. Prizes worth more than £20 000 are on offer.
2 (especially BrE) on sale at a lower price than normal for a short period of time: This software package is on offer this week.
under offer (BrE) if a house or other building is under offer, sb has agreed to buy it at a particular price |
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