1·Trading was very light ahead of yesterday's auction.
昨天的拍卖之前交易很少。
—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
2·The Dutch auction it is setting up could prove somewhat confusing to small shareholders, however.
然而，它正在安排的荷兰式拍卖可能会让小股东们感觉到些许困惑。
—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
3·The Parkville Department of Recreation confiscated abandoned bicycles and sold them at auction to any interested Parkville residents.
帕克维尔娱乐部门没收了被遗弃的自行车，并将它们拍卖给任何感兴趣的帕克维尔居民。
4·Within weeks the world's two biggest auction houses, Sotheby's and Christie's, had to pay out nearly $200m in guarantees to clients who had placed works for sale with them.
世界上最大的两家拍卖行——苏富比和佳士得——不得不向那些将作品交给他们拍卖的客户支付近2亿美元的保证金。
5·The painting is expected to fetch up to $400,000 at auction.
这幅画预计在拍卖会上能卖到40万美元。
—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
1·One day the pastor attended an auction and bid a beautiful tablecloth for six dollars.
一天，牧师参加了一场拍卖会，花了六美元买了一块漂亮的桌布。
2·As he often did, he stopped by the "after work auction" run by the Italian police where things found on the trains were sold to the highest bidder.
和往常一样，他在意大利警方举办的“after work 拍卖会”停下来，在那里，在火车上发现的东西被卖给出价最高的人。
3·Then he goes to the same auction, knowing you'd be there.
然后他去了同一个拍卖会，知道你会在那里。
4·Though this exhibition has been in the works since 2003, Klein has been in the headlines lately for breaking records at auction.
尽管这些作品从2003年就已经在展出了，但是克莱因只是最近才上了头版，因为他在拍卖会创了记录。
5·They need to go to the auction with the smalldogs,and you choose a room in pink that the daughter wants, then the cousinhasanother designer who says pink is not fashionable anymore.
他们需要带着小型犬去参加拍卖会。 你选择把房间设计成粉红色，他们女儿喜欢这样，然后那个表弟所认识的另一名设计师就会说，粉红色已经不时髦了。