| 单词 | invitation |
| 释义 | invitation (once / 199 pages) n 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. When you ask people to attend a party, visit your beach house, or witness your marriage, you invite them — using the verb — and you've given them an invitation. An invitation can be delivered as a verbal request, a beautifully engraved card, or even puffs of smoke behind an airplane. If you give invitations to two hundred of your closest friends to attend your Mardi Gras party, you’d better make a lot of jambalaya. WORD FAMILYinvitation: invitational, invitations+/invite: invitation, invitatory, invited, invitee, invites, inviting/invited: uninvited/invitee: invitees/inviting: invitingly, uninviting/uninvited: uninvitedly/uninviting: uninvitingly USAGE EXAMPLESSinger Rebecca Ferguson says she will accept Donald Trump’s invitation to sing at his inauguration under one condition: she wants to sing “Strange Fruit.” Time(Jan 02, 2017) I'm not a believer, and was not brought up religious in any way, but I followed her invitation. BBC(Dec 31, 2016) She capitalized with a best-selling book, movie roles and an invitation to host “Saturday Night Live.” Wall Street Journal(Dec 31, 2016) 1n a request (spoken or written) to participate or be present or take part in something an invitation to lunch she threw the invitation away Hypo|Hyper bidding, summons a request to be present invitea colloquial expression for invitation letter, missive a written message addressed to a person or organization asking, requestthe verbal act of requesting 2n a tempting allurement she was an invitation to trouble Hyper allure, allurement, temptingness the power to entice or attract through personal charm |
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