tender

Compared meaning: causing warm or nostalgic feelings (adjective).

比较义项：温柔、体贴的，令人感伤/怀旧的（形容词）。

• tender 本词

  Describes something gentle, kind, or emotionally touching in a warm, positive way; often used for feelings, moments, or gestures, without any hint of excess or mawkishness.

  形容温柔、善良或以温暖、正面的方式打动人心的事物；常用于感情、时刻或举动，不带任何过度或矫情的意味。

  He gave her a tender look before saying goodbye at the airport.

  他在机场道别前，给了她一个温柔的眼神。

• sentimental

  Describes something that stirs nostalgia or emotional attachment, often tied to memory or the past; can carry a mild negative tone suggesting excessive or shallow emotion.

  形容能唤起怀旧或情感依恋的事物，常与回忆或过去有关；有时带轻微负面语气，暗示情感过度或肤浅。

  He refused to throw away the sentimental old photographs from his childhood.

  他不肯扔掉那些让他怀旧的儿时旧照片。

Both words describe something that gives warm or nostalgic feelings. Tender is positive: gentle, kind, or touching. Sentimental means stirring nostalgia or emotional attachment about the past, and can sound mildly negative, suggesting too much emotion. Tender's other meanings (soft meat, sore wound) are excluded.

两词都能形容能唤起柔情或怀旧情绪的事物，但 tender 更偏向温柔、体贴、感人至深，语气偏正面；sentimental 则强调多愁善感、怀旧，有时带轻微贬义，暗示情感过度或矫情。这里不比较 tender 的“（肉等）鲜嫩、易嚼”或“（伤口等）触痛的”等义项。

Compared meaning: to formally offer a price or proposal (verb).

比较义项：正式提出报价或投标（尤指为合同、项目等正式提交价格或方案）（动词）。

• tender 本词

  Formal, often British business term for officially submitting an offer or proposal, typically for a contract or project, without necessarily naming a specific price; used by organizations, not individuals at auctions.

  tender是较为正式的词，常见于英式商业英语，指企业或机构正式提交一份报价或方案，通常针对合同或项目，不一定注明具体价格；用于机构而非个人在拍卖中的场合。

  Several construction firms tendered for the government's new road-building contract.

  好几家建筑公司为政府新的道路建设合同正式投了标。

• bid

  Means to name a specific price you are willing to pay or accept, most often at an auction or in a competitive process; used by individuals as well as companies, common in everyday and American English.

  bid专指说出你愿意支付或接受的具体价格，最常用于拍卖或竞标场合；个人和公司都可使用，在日常英语和美式英语中都很常见。

  She raised her hand and bid five hundred dollars for the antique vase.

  她举起手，为那件古董花瓶出价五百美元。

Both words mean to formally offer a price or proposal. Tender is formal, often British business English, for submitting a proposal by an organization, without an exact price. Bid means naming a specific price, often at an auction, by an individual. Other meanings excluded.

这两个词都可表示“正式提出报价／投标”，但语域和使用场合不同：tender更正式，常见于英式商业英语中企业为合同投标；bid更常见于拍卖或日常竞标场合，强调当场报出具体价格。这里不比较tender作形容词表示“嫩的、温柔的”（如tender chicken）以及bid在纸牌游戏中“叫牌”或“向某人道别（bid someone farewell）”等其他意思。