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invite

美音:[(noun) ´ınvaıt (verb) ın´vaıt ]点这儿播放单词美音发声
英音:[(noun) ´ınvaıt (verb) ın´vaıt ]点这儿播放单词英音发声
vt.邀请,引起 n.邀请

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词形变化:

动词过去式:invited 过去分词:invited 现在分词:inviting 第三人称单数:invites

近义词, 同义词

request  ask  beg  sue  pray  petition  solicit  invite  make a request  apply    

相关词

appeal  ask  attract  call  interest  request  summon  tempt    

invite


/ɪn'vaɪt; ɪn`vaɪt/
v
1 [Tn, Tn.pr, Dn.t] ~ sb (to/for sth)
(a) ask sb in a friendly way to go somewhere or do sth (朋友般地)邀请, 约请
*`Are you coming to the party?' `No, I haven't been invited.' `你来参加聚会吗?'`不, 我没有受到邀请.'
* invite sb for/to dinner/to have dinner 请某人吃饭
* invite sb home/to one's house 邀请某人到家中作客
* invite sb to a party/to come to a party 邀请某人参加聚会.
(b) ask sb formally to go somewhere or do sth (正式地)邀请, 约请
*Candidates will be invited for interview early next month. 下月初将约请候选人面试.
* I've been invited to give a talk at the conference. 我已受邀在大会上发言.
2 [Tn, Tn.pr] ~ sth (from sb) ask for (comments, suggestions, etc) 请求、要求或徵求(意见、建议等)
*After his speech he invited questions and comments (from the audience). 他讲完话後请听众提问题和意见.
3 [Tn] act so as to be likely to cause (sth bad) usu without intending to 引起, 招致(坏的事物)(通常并非本意)
*Leaving your car unlocked is just inviting trouble! 汽车不锁上纯粹是自找麻烦!
* behaviour that is sure to invite criticism, hostility, ridicule, etc 肯定招致批评、敌视、嘲笑等的行为.
4 [Tn, Cn.t] attract (sb/sth); tempt 吸引(某人[某事物]); 引诱
*Cover the jam! It's sure to invite the wasps. 盖上果酱瓶! 要不准得招黄蜂.
* Leaving the windows open is inviting thieves to enter. 窗户不关犹如开门揖盗.
5 (phr v) invite sb along ask sb to accompany one 邀某人作伴. invite sb away ask sb to go away with one, eg on holiday 邀某人同行(如度假). invite sb back
(a) ask sb to return with one to one's home 邀某人回自己家里(作客)
*Shall we invite them back after the theatre? 看完戏我们把他们邀回家去好吗?
(b) ask sb who has been one's host to come to one's home as a guest 回请(被人请後, 还请对方). invite sb down ask sb to come for a visit at some distance, esp in the country or by the sea 邀请某人自远方来(尤指到乡间或海滨)
*They've invited us down to their country cottage for the weekend. 他们邀请我们到他们的乡间小屋去度周末. invite sb in ask sb to enter a room, house, etc 请某人进入房间、房子等. invite sb out ask sb to come out with one for a walk, a ride, entertainment, etc, esp for the purpose of courting 邀请某人一同出外散步、骑马、开车、娱乐等(尤指为谈情说爱). invite sb over/round ask sb to visit one's home 邀请某人到家中作客
*I've invited the Smiths round for drinks next Friday. 我已邀请史密斯一家下周五来家中小酌. invite sb up ask sb to come upstairs 请某人上楼来.

/'ɪnvaɪt; `ɪnvaɪt/
n (infml 口) invitation, eg to a party 邀请(如赴宴)
*Did you get an invite? 你接到邀请了吗?
1. Whom did they invite?
    他们邀请谁了?

2. The aim was to look like street people and to observe what difference that made in the way other people responded to us — whether the appearance of poverty would invite prejudice on us.
    我们的目的是为了让自己看上去像漂泊街头的人,以观察别人对我们会有何不同反应——贫穷的外表是否会招致对我们的歧视。

3. "Invite her over for a cup of tea after the meeting," he said. "I want to get a look at her."
    他说:"开完会后请她到家里来喝杯茶,我很想见见她。"

4. She´s a good person to invite to a party because she´s such an extrovert.
    最好把她邀来参加聚会, 因为她很爱交际.

5. She is so fastidious about her food that I never invite her for dinner.
    她对食物过於挑剔, 因此我从不请她吃饭.

6. MISS DIETRICH: I´m sure Nancy can invite her mother.
    迪特里希小姐 我想南茜可以请她妈妈来,

7. Secretly wanted to lose your job and "flirted (轻率对待)" with unemployment through your attitude — probably dressed in a way to invite it.
    差不多每个人都听人说过成为社会有用成员的必要性,

8. One day, my mother called me, to invite me to a birthday dinner for my father.
    有一天妈妈打电话给我,要我去参加爸爸的生日宴。

9. If you expressed doubt or surprise, he would immediately invite you to smell it and then to rub some into your skin.
    如果你表示怀疑或惊奇,他会立即请你闻一闻,然后取出一些抹在你的皮肤上。

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