overbid
v
(-tt-; pt, pp overbid)
1 [Tn] offer more money than (sb) at an auction; outbid (拍卖时)出价高於(某人); 出高价压倒(他人).
2 [I, Tn] (in the game of bridge) make a higher bid than (one's partner) or than one's cards are worth (桥牌中)叫牌压过(对方)或超过自己的实力. Cf 参看 underbid.
overbid n act of overbidding 高於别人的出价; (桥牌中压过对方或超过自己实力的)叫牌.
🗣️ 情景例句
An oil tanker ran aground and lost about 15,000 gallons of gas into the sea.
一般油轮搁浅,把 15000 加仑油倾泻在海里了。
The early bird catches the worm.
捷足先登。
When the journalist again failed to reply, the editor reluctantly published the article as it had originally been written.