in a bid to

/ɪn ə bɪd tuː/· prep. phrase

财经/商业B2

in a bid to
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Chinese meaning

为wèi了le...,试shì图tú...(以yǐ达dá成chéng某mǒu目mù标biāo)

为wèi了le达dá成chéng某mǒu目mù标biāo而ér采cǎi取qǔ行xíng动dòng

In this story →

Uber裁cái员yuán一yī成chéng正zhèng是shì为wèi了le精jīng简jiǎn管guǎn理lǐ层céng级jí

Example

Uber is laying off about 3,300 people, or about 10% of its global headcount, in a bid to reduce management layers

优yōu步bù正zhèng在zài裁cái减jiǎn约yuē3300名míng员yuán工gōng,约yuē占zhàn其qí全quán球qiú员yuán工gōng总zǒng数shù的de10%,以yǐ此cǐ精jīng简jiǎn管guǎn理lǐ层céng级jí。

Source: TechCrunch · 2 Sep 2026

Background ✎

优yōu步bù宣xuān布bù裁cái减jiǎn约yuē3300名míng员yuán工gōng(约yuē占zhàn全quán球qiú员yuán工gōng一yī成chéng),以yǐ精jīng简jiǎn管guǎn理lǐ层céng级jí并bìng加jiā码mǎ投tóu资zī网wǎng约yuē车chē、外wài卖mài与yǔ机jī器qì人rén出chū租zū车chē业yè务wù。

Roots · etymology

bid 源自古英语 biddan(祈求)与 beodan(提议)融合,本义'出价、争取'

  • in a bid(一次尝试/争取中)+ to do(不定式表目的)

Collocations

  • in a bid to cut costs / in a bid to boost sales / in a last-ditch bid to

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