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]