bid 可以解释为an attempt to achieve or obtain something 表示了一种尝试，没有强调做出努力的程度。个人认为BID含有一种很想达到某种比较重要的目标的意思。比如说竞选总统，获得升迁等等。attempt付出努力做什么事，但不一定有结果。
bid: n. & v.
1. To issue a command to; direct. 命令给…发布命令；指示
2. To utter (a greeting or salutation). 致敬表达（问候或致意）
3. To invite to attend; summon. 邀请邀请参加；召唤
4. To state one's intention to take (tricks of a certain number or suit in cards): 叫牌陈述要（某一花色或赢墩数目）的意愿： bid four hearts. 叫四个红心
5. To offer or propose (an amount) as a price. 出价提出或建议一个数量作为价格
6. To offer (someone) membership, as in a group or club: 成为会员接受为某一团体或俱乐部的成员： Glancing around to be sure that he had been bid by a society that he wanted?Louis Auchincloss) “扫视四周以确认自己已被他需要的社会所接纳”(路易斯·奥金克洛斯)
7. To make an offer to pay or accept a specified price: 投标出价或接受某一特定的价格： decided not to bid on the roll-top desk. 决定不投标那张顶盖可卷缩的写字台
8. To seek to win or attain something; strive. 力求企图得到或赢得某物；力求
9. An offer or proposal of a price. 出价提出或建议一个价格
10. The amount offered or proposed: 投标价提出或建议的出价数目： They lost the contract because their bid was too high. 他们因索价太高而失去了那张合同
11. An invitation, especially one offering membership in a group or club. 邀请加入团体邀请，尤指被一团体或俱乐部接受为成员
12. The act of bidding in cards. 叫牌桥牌中的叫牌
13. The number of tricks or points declared. 点数所叫的墩数或点数
14. The trump or no-trump declared. 王牌叫定，非王牌叫定 The turn of a player to bid. 轮流叫牌轮到某牌手叫牌
15. An earnest effort to win or attain something: 努力争取要赢得或得到某东西的热切努力： made a bid for the presidency. 企图当选总统
相关短语：
1. at sb.'s bidding 根据某人的命令
2. make a bid for 设法得到
3. bid fair 看起来可能 Our plan bids fair to succeed. 我们的计划似乎会成功。
4. do sb.'s bidding 按某人的旨意去办
attempt,解释“企图”、“试图”、“尝试”等，可用作动词或名词：
1. 用作动词，其后可接不定式或动名词作宾语（但用不定式比用动名词常见)。如：
He attempted to leave but was stopped. 他试图要走，但被拦住了。
Shelley attempted to get in touch with them. 雪莱企图和他们取得联系。
She attempted to get up, but she couldn’t. 她试图爬起来，却没能成功。
2. 用作名词，其后通常接不定式或介词 at。如：
The enemy failed in their attempt to land on the island.敌人在岛上登陆的企图失败了。
She made a strenuous attempt to carry out her resolutions. 她做了艰苦努力来实现她的决心。
He made no attempt to take a degree. 他没企图拿学位。
They are being a new attempt to solve the problem. 他们正作解决问题的新尝试。
They made no attempt at escaping. 他们没有试图逃跑(from
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He failed in his attempt to finish [at finishing] it in time. 他企图要及时完成它，没失败了。
He made an attempt to win [at winning] the first prize. 他试图要获头奖。