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1.bid for 出价

A large american defence contractor could bid for bae.
一家大型的美国国防承包商可以竞购bae。

Under the law, it cannot make another bid for six months.
根据法律规定，6个月内它不能再次投标。

2.look like 看起来像

I made the cowardly lion look like the terminator.
我使软弱的狮子看起来像是终结者。

You look like my dead son!
你看着像我死去的儿子！

3.seek to 设法；企图，试图

Yet some expect him to seek to remove term limits.
可是，部分人士期望他设法废除任期限制。

Or will china seek to change it?
还是说中国会试图改变它？

4.account for 导致，引起

Do women account for more of today's affairs?
如今女性在婚外情中所占比例是不是更大？

Philosophers had long wondered how to account for essences.
长期以来，哲学家们困惑于如何说明这些本质。