invitation
美音:
[´ınvı´teıʃən
]英音:
[´ınvı´teıʃən
]n.邀请,招待
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invitation
/,ɪnvɪ'teɪʃn; ,ɪnvə`teʃən/
n
1 [U] inviting or being invited 邀请
*a letter of invitation 邀请信
* Admission is by invitation only. 凭请柬入场.
2 [C] ~ (to sth/to do sth) request to go or come somewhere, or do sth 敦请某人去或来某处或做某事
*send out invitations to a party 发出宴会请帖
* I gladly accepted their invitation to open the fete. 我愉快地接受了他们的邀请, 为义卖会主持开幕式.
* [attrib 作定语] an invitation card 请帖.
3 [C usu sing 通常作单数] ~ to sb/sth (to do sth) that which tempts or encourages sb to do sth 引诱、鼓励或怂恿(某人做某事)的事物
*An open window is an invitation to burglars/an invitation to crime. 窗户开着会引贼入室[引发窃案].
invitation
n
[C]
a written or spoken request to someone, inviting them to go somewhere or do something
Shortly afterwards, Dawson received an invitation to speak at a scientific conference.
She accepted his invitation to join him for lunch.
invitation to
Roger never turns down an invitation to dinner.
I extend an invitation to the minister to visit this area.
We've got a standing invitation . Maybe we should go tonight.
[U]
the act of being invited or of inviting someone to go somewhere or do something
by invitation
Attendance at the seminars is by invitation only (=only those people who have been invited can attend) .
They were always dropping by, usually without invitation.
at sb's invitation/at the invitation of sb
Kegl traveled to Nicaragua at the invitation of the education minister.
[C]
a card inviting someone to attend a party, wedding etc
party/wedding invitation
We sent out more than 300 wedding invitations.
invitation to
Did you get an invitation to Jason's party?
[singular, U]
encouragement to do something
take sth as an invitation to do sth
He seemed to take my silence as an invitation to talk.
be an open invitation for/to sb
to make it very easy for someone to rob you or harm you
Leaving the car unlocked is just an open invitation to thieves.
COLLOCATES for sense 1
invitation to do something
receive/get an invitation
accept an invitation (=say yes)
refuse/turn down/decline an invitation (=say no)
issue/extend an invitationformal (=invite someone)
open/standing invitation (=an invitation to do something at any time you like)
dinner/lunch invitation
formal invitation
1. Everyone except me got an invitation. 除了我以外, 所有人都收到了请柬.
2. He accepted the invitation without hesitation. 他毫不犹豫地接受了邀请。
3. She may be offended if you don´t reply to her invitation. 她请你, 你要是不回个信儿就可能把她得罪了.
4. Give your invitation to some friend whose wife has better clothes than I." 把邀请函送给你的某个朋友吧,他们的夫人也许不像我,有好点儿的衣服穿。”
5. I have an invitation to dinner tonight. Don´t you remember what day it is? 我今晚有一个邀请去吃晚餐, 你不记得什么日子吗?
6. Instead of being delighted, as her husband had hoped, she flung the invitation across the table, murmuring: 她没有像她丈夫希望的那样高兴,她将邀请函扔到桌子的另一边,咕哝着说:
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