auction(名词):拍卖;一种通过公开出价、由最高(或最低,视规则而定)出价者成交的买卖方式。(也可作动词,意为“拍卖出售”。)
/ˈɔːkʃən/
The painting will be sold at auction.
这幅画将通过拍卖出售。
After months of negotiation, the historic estate finally went to auction, attracting bidders from several countries.
经过数月谈判,这处历史庄园最终进入拍卖程序,吸引了来自多个国家的竞买人。
auction 来自拉丁语 auctio(意为“增加、加价”),与 augere(“增加、增长”)同源。拍卖中价格不断“被加上去”,因此得名。