tender
a. 嫩的, 柔软的, 脆弱的, 温柔的, 亲切的, 未成熟的, 微妙的, 棘手的, 审慎的 vt. 使变嫩, 提供, 偿还 vi. 变柔软, 投标 n. 照料, 看管人, 供应船, 小船, 提出, 偿付, 投标
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教材释义与例句
温柔的；柔软的；脆弱的；幼稚的；难对付的
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The inner flight muscle (pectoralis minor) of poultry.
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Care, kind concern, regard.
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Someone who tends or waits on something or someone.
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A naval ship that functions as a mobile base for other ships.
航海 交通submarine tender
destroyer tender
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A member of a diving team who assists a diver during a dive but does not themselves go underwater.
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Ellipsis of water tender (“firefighting apparatus”).
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A railroad car towed behind a steam engine to carry fuel and water.
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A smaller boat used for transportation between a large ship and the shore.
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Anything which is offered, proffered, put forth or bid with the expectation of a response, answer, or reply.
You offer me the sword of my father, the very man whose bones, because of your perfidy, lie under the sod of Crecy. Aye, I'll surely take it, and just as surely you shall die with your tender through your heart!
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A means of payment such as a check or cheque, cash or credit card.
Your credit card has been declined so you need to provide some other tender such as cash.
legal tender
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A formal offer to buy or sell something.
法律We will submit our tender to you within the week.
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Any offer or proposal made for acceptance.
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To make tender or delicate; to weaken.
古体To such as are wealthy, live plenteously, at ease, […] these viands are to be forborne, if they be inclined to, or suspect melancholy, as they tender their healths […].
Putnam Fadeless Dyes will not injure any material. Boiling water does tender some materials. […] Also, silk fibers are very tender when wet and care should be take not to boil them too vigorously.
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To feel tenderly towards; to regard fondly or with consideration.
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To work on a tender.
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To offer, to give.
正式to tender one’s resignation
1864 November 21, Abraham Lincoln (signed) or John Hay, letter to Mrs. Bixby in Boston I cannot refrain from tendering to you the consolation that may be found in the thanks of the Republic they died to save.
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To offer a payment, as at sales or auctions; to bid.
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Sensitive or painful to the touch.
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Easily bruised or injured; not firm or hard; delicate.
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tender plants
tender flesh
tender fruit
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Sensible to impression and pain; easily pained.
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Fond, loving, gentle, or sweet.
Suzanne was such a tender mother to her children.
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Exciting kind concern; dear; precious.
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Physically weak; not able to endure hardship.
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Soft and easily chewed.
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The Matrix is telling my brain this steak is tender, succulent, and juicy.
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Young and inexperienced.
I first had a girlfriend at the tender age of seven.
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Adapted to excite feeling or sympathy; expressive of the softer passions; pathetic.
tender expressions; tender expostulations; a tender strain
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Apt to give pain; causing grief or pain; delicate.
a tender subject
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Heeling over too easily when under sail; said of a vessel.
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Careful to keep inviolate, or not to injure; used with of.
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tenderly
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From Middle English tender, tendere, from Anglo-Norman tender, Old French tendre, from Latin tener, tenerum (“soft, delicate”).
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