英 [ˌɪnvɪˈteɪʃ(ə)n] 美 [ˌɪnvɪˈteɪʃ(ə)n]
n. 邀请；引起，招致；（尤指正式地）征求，请求；请帖，请柬
复数invitations
invitation /ˌɪnvɪˈteɪʃən/ CET4 TEM4
可数名词 An invitation is a written or spoken request to come to an event such as a party, a meal, or a meeting. 邀请
...an invitation to lunch.
…午餐邀请。
The Syrians have not yet accepted an invitation to attend.
那些叙利亚人还没有接受邀请。
可数名词 An invitation is the card or paper on which an invitation is written or printed. 请贴
Hundreds of invitations are being sent out this week.
本周数百张请贴正在发出。
单数型名词 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. 招惹
Don't leave your shopping on the back seat of your car – it's an open invitation to a thief.
不要把买好的东西放在车的后座上–这很容易招惹小偷。
a request (spoken or written) to participate or be present or take part in something
an invitation to lunch ; she threw the invitation away
a tempting allurement
she was an invitation to trouble
请柬
邀请-引用次数：65
The latter mainly
这类环境生要包括邀请、提供、建议和请求等。
参考来源现代汉语中的假拒绝言语行为研究
邀请-引用次数：6
Methods: Collect the basic document of invitation consultation of People’s Hospital of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Regionin in 2006 and 2007, then statistical data, appraisal effect of consultation.
方法:通过对自治区人民医院2006年、2007年邀请医疗会诊基本资料的收集和数据统计,对医疗会诊的效果进行评价。
邀请
被邀请者、被叫（Invitee，Callee）：被主叫方邀请参加会话的一方。 邀请（Invitation）：要求用户加入会话的请求。 一个成功的SIP邀请包括2 个事务：一个INVITE请求，后面跟一个ACK请求。
(1) 请帖(Invitation Card) 这是一种正轨的邀请信。(2) 一样平时的邀请信 一样平时邀请信凡是合用于一些泛泛的任务的邀请，并且邀请人同被邀请人之间又很意...
... SilentWings御风展翼（无声的飞翔） Invitation盛宴 Duo二重奏 ...
回到办公室，拾起地上的字条，原来这是Carlotta送来的请柬（Invitation），要我到她的家——Von Uberwald的公寓——去谈谈案子。
邀请；引诱
Eve spurned Mark's invitation.
伊夫一口回绝了马克的邀请。
He declined their invitation.
他谢绝了他们的邀请。
Admission is by invitation only.
凭请柬入场。
An invitation to one of her parties was almost as valuable as an invitation to dinner at the White House.
VOA : special.2009.04.26
Maybe it's an invitation to the reader to recognize that there is a better argument here than even the characters in the drama have noticed.
也许是要邀请读者,来辨别出,还有更好的论证,甚至连剧本里的人都注意到了。
死亡课程节选 : 耶鲁公开课
you could leave your response to the invitation slightly open-ended by saying you're not sure.
你可以表示你不确定，开放性地回复这个邀请。
SpeakingMax英语口语达人 : I don't know 课堂
Timothy Walsh says he offered his team to help in the investigation, but Indian officials rejected the invitation.
VOA : special.2011.04.27
From there he received an invitation to study at Purdue, where he earned a doctoral degree.
VOA : special.2009.06.16
An invitation to show in Venice can even spark a market revival for older artists.
The invitation looked innocent enough, and it was a break from tedious military routine.
Card check is an egregious assault on basic democratic rights and an invitation to coercion.
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