| 释义 |
invitational, a. (and n.)|ɪnvɪˈteɪʃənəl|
[f. invitation + -al.]
Characterized by invitation. Also as n., an invitational tournament (? only N. Amer.).
1922Chambers's Jrnl. Aug. 543/1 Philip walked the room's length with invitational pauses. 1957Publ. Amer. Dial. Soc. xxviii. 58 Somebody like to help me?..someone in the context..would sound more factual..than invitational. 1958Listener 23 Oct. 669/3 A cue bid of Five Hearts would be too strongly invitational. 1964Official Encycl. Bridge 265/1 Invitational bid, bid indicating strong game prospects, which requests partner to continue if he has some reserve strength. 1964N. Squire Bidding at Bridge ii. 17 Your partner..will give an invitational raise to 2NT. 1968Globe & Mail (Toronto) 3 Feb. 35/5 Yesterday Sinclair's mixed rink of his wife, Betty, Don Maclellan and Mildred Maclellan advanced to the quarter⁓finals of the Thornhill mixed invitational tournament. Ibid. (headline), 2 Thornhill rinks survive club's mixed invitational. 1972Evening Telegram (St. John's, Newfoundland) 27 June 11/1 John Hamilton won the June Invitational on his first try Monday, despite a desperate charge by two Corner Brook golfers on the final day of the tournament. |