1. 拍賣(mài) An auction is a public sale where goods are sold to the person who offers the highest price.
e.g. Lord Salisbury bought the picture at auction in London some years ago... 幾年前，索爾茲伯里勛爵在倫敦拍得了這幅畫(huà)。 e.g. Britain's two main auction houses, Sotheby's and Christies, have been involved in valuing the works. 英國最大的兩家拍賣(mài)行，蘇富比和佳士得參與了對這些作品的估價(jià)。
2. 拍賣(mài) If something is auctioned, it is sold in an auction.
e.g. Eight drawings by French artist Jean Cocteau will be auctioned next week... 下周法國畫(huà)家讓·科克托的8幅作品將被拍賣(mài)。 e.g. The airline plans to auction its international routes to former competitors... 這家航空公司打算把他們的國際線(xiàn)路拍賣(mài)給以前的競爭對手。
相關(guān)詞組：auction off
auction英英釋義
noun
1. the public sale of something to the highest bidder
Synonym: auction salevendue
2. a variety of bridge in which tricks made in excess of the contract are scored toward game now generally superseded by contract bridge