auctioning

n.拍卖

vt.拍卖

We will put the car up for auction. 我们将把这辆小车拍卖。

The picture should fetch 2000 pounds at auction. 这张画拍卖可得2000英镑。

We had a private view of the jewels before the public auction. 那些珠宝公开拍卖以前我们私下看了预展。

They will auction off a collection of oils. 他们将拍卖一批收藏的油画。

Some of the land was auctioned off last year. 去年拍卖了一些土地。

auction用作名词时的意思是“拍卖”,可表示拍卖方式或拍卖活动。在表达“拍卖掉某物时”,英国人说sell sth by auction; 而美国人介词多用at。

put up for auction表示“拍卖某物”。