To outbid on one's own property at an auction in order to raise the final selling price.
出高价：在拍卖中为自己的财产定出高价以抬高最终售价
To increase the amount bid
哄抬：抬高出价数
bid up the price of wheat.
哄抬小麦价格
(archaic or poetic/literary)seem likely to
(古 或 诗／文)好像有可能
the girl bade fair to be pretty.
那姑娘好像很漂亮。
To refuse to submit; offer resistance to.
对抗：拒绝服从；抗拒…
To appear likely.
似乎，可能