拍卖物品时，竞买人对拍卖师的报价作出接受的表示to make a bid

• 上海市举行首次批量私牌二手车拍卖，380名应拍者举起了号牌。

  Shanghai held an auction of private second-hand cars for the first time, and 380 bidders raised their bidding paddles.

• 他自称姓许，是替朋友来应拍的。

  He says his surname is Xu, and is making the bid on behalf of a friend.