動詞投標；提供；提出；提議名詞投標；（蒸汽機車的）煤水車；交通船形容詞和善的；溫柔的；親切的；慈愛的網(wǎng)絡嫩的；招標；脆弱的
形容詞
1. There are lots of tender blossoms in the garden.
花園里盡是嬌嫩的花朵。
2. Her bruised knee is still tender.
她受了瘀傷的膝蓋仍然一碰就痛。
3. My finger is tender because I cut it yesterday.
我的手指一碰就疼，因為我昨天割破了。
及物動詞
1. She tendered her resignation to the President.
她向總統(tǒng)提交辭呈。
不及物動詞
1. Several firms have tendered for building the hospital.
數(shù)家公司已投標承建該醫(yī)院。
名詞
1. tender是什么意思
1. The firm's tender for the supply of timber has been accepted.
那家商號的供應木材投標已被接受。
形容詞用法（ADJECTIVE USES）
1. 溫柔的;慈愛的;體貼的;柔軟的
Someone or something that is tender expresses gentle and caring feelings.
tender是什么意思
e.g. Her voice was tender, full of pity...
她的聲音很溫柔，充滿了憐愛。
e.g. Patients may not receive the tender, loving care once associated with a hospital stay.
病人們可能享受不到以前住院時那種悉心體貼的照顧。
2. (年齡)幼小的，無知的
If you say that someone does something at a tender age, you mean that they do it when they are still young and have not had much experience.
e.g. He had become attracted to the game at the tender age of seven.
他在7歲的小小年紀就喜歡上了這項運動。
e.g. ...the loss of her father at such a tender age.
如此幼小的年紀就失去了父親
3. (肉等食品)軟的，嫩的，易咀嚼的
Meat or other food that is tender is easy to cut or chew.
e.g. Cook for a minimum of 2 hours, or until the meat is tender.
至少煮兩個小時，或一直煮到肉變爛為止。
e.g. ...tender young dwarf beans.
幼嫩的四季豆
4. （身體部位）敏感的，疼痛的，一碰就疼的
If part of your body is tender, it is sensitive and painful when it is touched.
tender
e.g. My tummy felt very tender...
我的肚子一碰就很疼。
e.g. Treat any tender points by massaging.
用按摩法治療疼痛部位。
名詞和動詞用法（NOUN AND VERB USES）
1. 投標
A tender is a formal offer to supply goods or to do a particular job, and a statement of the price that you or your company will charge. If a contract is put out to tender, formal offers are invited. If a company wins a tender, their offer is accepted.
e.g. Builders will then be sent the specifications and asked to submit a tender for the work...
建筑商們將會收到說明書，并被邀請參與該項目投標。
e.g. Some services are now compulsorily put out to tender.
現(xiàn)在，有些服務項目必須進行招標。
2. 投標;參與競標
If a company tenders for something, it makes a formal offer to supply goods or do a job for a particular price.
e.g. The staff are forbidden to tender for private-sector work...
工作人員不得投標承接私營部門的工作。
e.g. He tendered for and was awarded the contract.
他參與競標，并贏得了合同。
3. 提出;遞交;呈交;繳納
If you tender something such as a suggestion, your resignation, or money, you formally offer or present it.
e.g. She quickly tendered her resignation...
她很快遞交了辭呈。
e.g. He took his wallet from his inside coat pocket and tendered the permit.
他從外套內(nèi)兜里掏出錢包，出示了許可證。
4. see also: legal tender