| 单词 | invitation |
| 释义 | invitationinvitation /ˌɪnvəˈteɪʃən/ ●●● S2 noun 1[countable] a card asking someone to attend a party, wedding, meal, etc.: They have sent out their wedding invitations.invitation to Did you get an invitation to Keri’s party? She turned down my invitation to dinner (=said “no” to it).invitation from We were excited to find a dinner invitation from the mayor in the mailbox.2[countable] a formal written or spoken request to someone, asking him or her to go somewhere or do something: an invitation to do something Howard has accepted an invitation to teach at Harvard this summer. The governor declined an invitation (=did not accept an invitation) to speak at the conference.3[singular] a situation that encourages people to do something, especially something bad or that you do not want to do: invitation to Leaving the car unlocked is an invitation to thieves. He took my silence as an invitation to talk.4by invitation (only) if attendance at an event or membership of a club is by invitation, only people who have been invited are allowed to attend or join5open/standing invitation an invitation to visit someone or do something at any time: You know you have a standing invitation to use our pool.6at somebody’s invitation formal if you go somewhere or do something at someone’s invitation, you go somewhere or do something because that person has invited youCOLLOCATIONS– Meanings 1 & 2verbsget/receive an invitation Did you get an invitation to Janet’s party?have an invitation The following week, I had an invitation to give a talk in Atlanta.accept an invitation She accepted his invitation to dinner.take somebody up on their invitation (=accept someone’s invitation) I decided to take them up on their invitation to dinner.refuse/decline an invitation formal (also turn down an invitation) She turned down an invitation to take part in the debate.give somebody an invitation (also issue/extend an invitation formal) He has issued an invitation to the Chinese president to come to Washington.send (somebody) an invitation (also send out an invitation) We sent out the invitations last week.respond to an invitation (=send an answer, saying yes or no to an invitation) Several people did not even respond to the invitation to the wedding.thank somebody for an invitation I wrote a letter thanking Martha for the invitation to her wedding.adjectives/nouns + invitationa party/wedding invitation He had a wedding invitation from Rob and Jen.a dinner/lunch invitation Fred’s wife has accepted the dinner invitation.a formal/official invitation The president received a formal invitation to visit China.a personal invitation Each parent was sent a personal invitation for the school’s open day.somebody’s kind invitation (=used to talk about someone’s invitation in a formal or polite way) It gives me great pleasure to accept your kind invitation.an open/standing invitation (=an invitation to do something at any time you like) Your family has an open invitation to stay at our house whenever you are in town.a long-standing invitation (=an invitation which someone has had for a long time) He has accepted a long-standing invitation to address the conference. |
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