tender 的用法及固定搭配

tender

1.tender(提供、献给)有时有双宾语。例如:I wish to tender him my thanks for his kindness.

2.tender在英国通常把services,resignation,thanks,apologies等词做宾语,通常用在正式文字里,而且现在有些老式了。下面各句里的tender(ed)都有些美国英语味:

  • He was tendered a public banquet.
  • The university tendered the degree of Ph D to the scholar.
  • Dr Paul A. Brown has been tendered a professorship recently.
  • I wonder how you tendered her such an injury.

3.legal tender(法定货币)前面不可加a,也没有复数形式legal tenders。