tender
adj. 纖弱的; 嫩的; 溫柔的; 疼痛的
n. (正式)提出; 投標; 供應船,聯絡船; 照看者
vt. 正式提出; 使變脆弱; <古>溫柔地對待
Someone or something that is tender expresses gentle and caring feelings.
Her voice was tender, full of pity...
她的聲音很溫柔,充滿了憐愛。
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。
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.
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。
...the loss of her father at such a tender age.
如此幼小的年紀就失去了父親
Meat or other food that is tender is easy to cut or chew.
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。
...tender young dwarf beans.
幼嫩的四季豆
If part of your body is tender, it is sensitive and painful when it is touched.
My tummy felt very tender...
我的肚子一碰就很疼。
Treat any tender points by massaging.
用按摩法治療疼痛部位。
1. something used as an official medium of payment
2. someone who waits on or tends to or attends to the needs of another
3. a formal proposal to buy at a specified price
4. car attached to a locomotive to carry fuel and water
5. a boat for communication between ship and shore
6. ship that usually provides supplies to other ships
1. offer or present for acceptance
2. propose a payment;
3. make a tender of; in legal settlements
4. make tender or more tender as by marinating, pounding, or applying a tenderizer;
1. given to sympathy or gentleness or sentimentality;
2. hurting;
3. susceptible to physical or emotional injury;
4. having or displaying warmth or affection;
5. easy to cut or chew;
6. physically untoughened;
7. (used of boats) inclined to heel over easily under sail
8. (of plants) not hardy; easily killed by adverse growing condition;
gentle, mild, soft, tender, moderate
這些形容詞均含有"溫和的,柔和的"之意。
tender mercies
(諷)聽天由命,任人擺佈
put something out to tender
招標
They are going to tender for the construction of a new motorway.
他們打算投標承建一條新的高速公路.
She spoke tender words to the child.
她對那孩子說了些親切的話.
I'll teach him to ski myself, rather than leave him to the tender mercy of the skiing instructor.
我會親自教他滑雪, 而不讓他吃滑雪教練的苦頭.
These cars are to be procured through open tender.
這些汽車要用公開招標的辦法購買.
You should avoid the tender subject.
你們應當避開這個令人不快的話題.