动词投标；提供；提出；提议名词投标；（蒸汽机车的）煤水车；交通船形容词和善的；温柔的；亲切的；慈爱的网络嫩的；招标；脆弱的
形容词
1. There are lots of tender blossoms in the garden.
花园里尽是娇嫩的花朵。
2. Her bruised knee is still tender.
她受了瘀伤的膝盖仍然一碰就痛。
3. My finger is tender because I cut it yesterday.
我的手指一碰就疼，因为我昨天割破了。
及物动词
1. She tendered her resignation to the President.
她向总统提交辞呈。
不及物动词
1. Several firms have tendered for building the hospital.
数家公司已投标承建该医院。
名词
1. tender是什么意思
1. The firm's tender for the supply of timber has been accepted.
那家商号的供应木材投标已被接受。
形容词用法（ADJECTIVE USES）
1. 温柔的;慈爱的;体贴的;柔软的
Someone or something that is tender expresses gentle and caring feelings.
tender是什么意思
e.g. Her voice was tender, full of pity...
她的声音很温柔，充满了怜爱。
e.g. Patients may not receive the tender, loving care once associated with a hospital stay.
病人们可能享受不到以前住院时那种悉心体贴的照顾。
2. (年龄)幼小的，无知的
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.
e.g. He had become attracted to the game at the tender age of seven.
他在7岁的小小年纪就喜欢上了这项运动。
e.g. ...the loss of her father at such a tender age.
如此幼小的年纪就失去了父亲
3. (肉等食品)软的，嫩的，易咀嚼的
Meat or other food that is tender is easy to cut or chew.
e.g. Cook for a minimum of 2 hours, or until the meat is tender.
至少煮两个小时，或一直煮到肉变烂为止。
e.g. ...tender young dwarf beans.
幼嫩的四季豆
4. （身体部位）敏感的，疼痛的，一碰就疼的
If part of your body is tender, it is sensitive and painful when it is touched.
tender
e.g. My tummy felt very tender...
我的肚子一碰就很疼。
e.g. Treat any tender points by massaging.
用按摩法治疗疼痛部位。
名词和动词用法（NOUN AND VERB USES）
1. 投标
A tender is a formal offer to supply goods or to do a particular job, and a statement of the price that you or your company will charge. If a contract is put out to tender, formal offers are invited. If a company wins a tender, their offer is accepted.
e.g. Builders will then be sent the specifications and asked to submit a tender for the work...
建筑商们将会收到说明书，并被邀请参与该项目投标。
e.g. Some services are now compulsorily put out to tender.
现在，有些服务项目必须进行招标。
2. 投标;参与竞标
If a company tenders for something, it makes a formal offer to supply goods or do a job for a particular price.
e.g. The staff are forbidden to tender for private-sector work...
工作人员不得投标承接私营部门的工作。
e.g. He tendered for and was awarded the contract.
他参与竞标，并赢得了合同。
3. 提出;递交;呈交;缴纳
If you tender something such as a suggestion, your resignation, or money, you formally offer or present it.
e.g. She quickly tendered her resignation...
她很快递交了辞呈。
e.g. He took his wallet from his inside coat pocket and tendered the permit.
他从外套内兜里掏出钱包，出示了许可证。
4. see also: legal tender