mindmap root((提供)) offer implies a putting before one of something which may be accepted or rejected: ~ a suggestion. proffer suggests that one is at liberty to accept or reject what is offered, and stresses the spontaneity, voluntariness, and courtesy of the agent: ~red assistance to the elderly man. tender implies modesty, humility, or gentleness on the part of the one who makes the offer: ~ our thanks; and serves as an idiomatic or polite term in certain phrases: ~ a resignation. present suggests ceremonious exhibition: ~ed to the queen; or the offering of something for use or pleasure: a letter ~ed on a silver tray. prefer retains a sense close to offer in legal usage: ~ an indictment.