invitation 英 [ˌɪnvɪˈteɪʃn]   美 [ˌɪnvɪˈteʃən]

invitation

invitation  英 [ˌɪnvɪˈteɪʃn] 美 [ˌɪnvɪˈteʃən]

n. 邀请;请帖; 

名词复数:invitations 

an invitation to the party 参加晚会的请柬
to accept an invitation,to turn down an invitation,to decline an invitation 接受╱拒绝╱婉拒邀请

  • An invitation is a request, a solicitation, or an attempt to get another person to join you at a specific event. You need an invitation to go to the Academy Awards, even if you're George Clooney.
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  • n. 邀请;请帖;
  • 1. an invitation to the party

    参加晚会的请柬

  • 2. to accept an invitation,to turn down an invitation,to decline an invitation

    接受╱拒绝╱婉拒邀请

  • 3. Admission is by invitation only.

    凭请柬入场。

  • 4. She refused his invitation to the tea party.

    他请她参加茶会,她拒绝了他的邀请。

  • invitation (n.) mid-15c., "act of inviting, solicitation," from Latin invitationem (nominative invitatio) "an invitation, incitement, challenge," noun of action from past participle stem of invitare "invite, treat, entertain," originally "be pleasant toward," from in- "toward" (from PIE root *en "in").
in·vi·ta·tion / ˌɪnvɪˈteɪʃn ; NAmE ˌɪnvɪˈteɪʃn / noun 1 [countable ] a spoken or written request to sb to do sth or to go somewhere (口头或书面的)邀请 to issue/extend an invitation 发出╱致送邀请 to accept/turn down/decline an invitation 接受╱拒绝╱婉拒邀请 invitationto sth an invitation to the party 参加晚会的请柬 invitationto do sth I have an open invitation (= not restricted to a particular date)to visit my friend in Japan. 我在日本的朋友邀请我随时去看他。 2 [uncountable ] the act of inviting sb or of being invited 邀请;获得邀请 A concert was held at the invitation ofthe mayor. 在市长的邀请下举办了一场音乐会。 Admission is by invitation only. 凭请柬入场。 3 [countable ] a card or piece of paper that you use to invite sb to sth 请柬;请帖 Have you ordered the wedding invitations yet? 你订制婚礼请帖了吗? 4 [singular ] invitationto sb (to do sth) | invitationto sth something that encourages sb to do sth, usually sth bad 鼓励;(尤指)怂恿,招致 Leaving the doors unlocked is an open invitationto burglars. 出门不上锁无异于开门揖盗。 invitation invitations in·vi·ta·tion / ˌɪnvɪˈteɪʃn ; NAmE ˌɪnvɪˈteɪʃn /
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