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单词辨析：
普通用词，多指上级、主人等利用权力、权威等发出指令。
He ordered an investigation into the deaths.
他下令对死亡事件进行调查。
The doctor ordered a strict diet.
医生嘱咐严格控制饮食。
We ordered that the enemy soldiers lay down their arms.
我们命令敌兵放下武器。
较正式用词，多指以口头方式直接下达命令，语气弱于 order。
Soldiers must act as they are bidden.
士兵必须按命令行事。
I bade them (to) retreat at once.
我命令他们立即撤退。
尤指军官、国王等正式下令，强调下令者的权威性，要求接受命令者必须服从。
He commanded that the army attack right away.
他下令军队立即进攻。
The general commanded his men to take over the city.
将军命令他的部下夺取这座城市。
You have no power to command.
你没有指挥权。
The King commanded that she be executed right away.
国王下令把她立即处死。
相关例句：
Page's response to the suggestion that this might be sour grapes because his company lost the bid is: 'Life's too short for that.'
有人认为这是佩奇的酸葡萄心理在作怪，因为他的公司未能中标，佩奇对此的回应是：“人生苦短，谁有闲工夫去耿耿于怀呢？”
He bid three spades.
他叫三个黑桃。
He has submitted a bid to resuscitate the struggling magazine.
他已经投标来拯救这个岌岌可危的周刊。
I don't think she is bidding to be Prime Minister again.
我想她不会再次竞选首相。
We bid for the erection of a multistory building.
我们投标建一座大楼。
Speculation centred on a likely bid price of 380p a share.
大多数人猜测买方出价可能为每股380便士。