Tender



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解释

GRE 红宝书

• v.提出 ( 希望对方接受的意见等)
• ［英］ v.提出 ( 希望对方接受的意见等) ( to present for acceptance;offer)
• ［类］ tender : acceptance / exhibit : inspection ( 提出是为了接受 / 展览是为了参观)
• ［记］ tender作为""温柔的""一意大家都熟悉

Webster Collegiate

I. adjective

• Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French tendre, from Latin tener; perhaps akin to Latin tenuis thin, slight — more at thin
• Date: 13th century
• 1.
  • a. having a soft or yielding texture ; easily broken, cut, or damaged ; delicate, fragile <tender feet>
  • b. easily chewed ; succulent
• 2.
  • a. physically weak ; not able to endure hardship
  • b. immature, young <children of tender age>
  • c. incapable of resisting cold ; not hardy <tender perennials>
• 3. marked by, responding to, or expressing the softer emotions ; fond, loving <a tender lover>
• 4.
  • a. showing care ; considerate, solicitous <tender regard>
  • b. highly susceptible to impressions or emotions ; impressionable <a tender conscience>
• 5.
  • a. appropriate or conducive to a delicate or sensitive constitution or character ; gentle, mild <tender breeding><tender irony>
  • b. delicate or soft in quality or tone <never before heard the piano sound so tender — Elva S. Daniels>
• 6. obsolete dear, precious
• 7.
  • a. sensitive to touch or palpation <the bruise was still tender>
  • b. sensitive to injury or insult ; touchy <tender pride>
  • c. demanding careful and sensitive handling ; ticklish <a tender situation>
  • d. of a boat easily tipped by an external force
• ? tenderly adverb
• ? tenderness noun

II. noun

• Etymology: ［sup］1［/sup］tender
• Date: 13th century
• obsolete consideration, regard

III. verb (tendered; tendering)

• Date: 14th century
• transitive verb
  • 1. to make tender ; soften, weaken
  • 2. ［i］archaic［/i

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