2N-COUNT 请帖;请柬 An invitation is the card or paper on which an invitation is written or printed. 请帖;请柬
Hundreds of invitations are being sent out this week.
本周将寄出数百份请柬。
...gold embossed invitation cards.
烫金的请柬
3N-SING 诱因;招致…的行为 If you believe that someone's action is likely to have a particular result, especially a bad one, you can refer to the action as an invitation to that result. 诱因;招致…的行为
...a war that most liberal Democrats regarded as an invitation to disaster.
一场大部分自由民主党人认为会招致灾难的战争
Don't leave your shopping on the back seat of your car — it's an open invitation to a thief. [+ to]
ADJECTIVE | VERB + INVITATION | INVITATION + NOUN | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤kind友好的邀請▸➤formal正式邀請▸➤open, standing隨時有效的邀請;公開的誘惑;長期有效的邀請◇We have an open invitation to use their weekend home whenever we like.他們歡迎我們隨時使用他們的週末度假屋。◇An unlocked door is an open invitation to any burglar. (figurative) 門不上鎖等於是在公然引人入室搶劫。➤personal個人邀請➤special特別邀請▸➤dinner, party, shower, wedding晚宴/聚會/送禮會/婚禮請柬◇I got a baby shower invitation from a friend.我收到了一個朋友的嬰兒送禮會請帖。VERB + INVITATION➤get, have, receive受到邀請;收到請柬▸➤accept, take sb up on, take up接受(某人的)邀請◇We'd love to take up your invitation to visit you some time.我們願意接受您的邀請,找時間去拜訪您。➤decline (formal) , refuse, turn down謝絕/拒絕/回絕邀請◇I must sadly decline your generous invitation.很遺憾,我不得不謝絕您的盛情邀請。➤extend (formal) , give (sb), issue, send, send out發出邀請;給(某人)邀請函;發送請柬INVITATION + NOUN➤list (especially NAmE) 邀請名單◇I'm on the invitation list.我在邀請名單上。➤card請柬PREPOSITION➤at sb's invitation應某人的邀請◇He is here to give a concert at the invitation of the association.他應協會邀請來此舉行音樂會。➤by invitation通過邀請◇Membership of the club is by invitation only.這家俱樂部的會員資格只有受邀者才能申請辦理。➤invitation from來自⋯的邀請◇We got a wedding invitation from Laura and Jennifer.我們收到了勞拉和珍妮弗的婚禮請柬。➤invitation to參加⋯的邀請◇Have you received your invitation to the exhibition?你收到展覽會請柬了嗎?◇The head extended an invitation to all parents to come and see the school.校長邀請所有家長到學校來參觀。