invite

vt.邀请；请求；引诱；招致

n.邀请

verb

1. 邀请
   to ask sb to come to a social event
   1. Have you been invited to their party?
      你接到参加他们的聚会的邀请了吗？
   2. I'd have liked to have gone but I wasn't invited.
      我倒是想去，但我没接到邀请。
   3. They have invited me to go to Paris with them.
      他们邀请我和他们一同去巴黎。
2. （正式）邀请，请求，要求
   to ask sb formally to go somewhere or do sth
   1. Successful candidates will be invited for interview next week.
      通过甄别的候选人将获邀于下周参加面试。
   2. He invited questions from the audience.
      他请听众提问。
   3. Readers are invited to write in with their comments.
      欢迎读者来信反馈意见。
3. 招致（尤指坏事）
   to make sth, especially sth bad or unpleasant, likely to happen
   1. Such comments are just inviting trouble.
      这种评论简直是在自找麻烦。

noun

1. 邀请；请柬
   an invitation
   1. Thanks for your invite.
      感谢你的邀请。

过去分词:invited 过去式:invited 第三人称单数:invites 现在分词:inviting

invite 邀请，招致

来自拉丁语invito,邀请，挑战，来自in-,进入，使，-vit,词义不详，来自可能PIE*weie,追寻，寻求，词源同virile,Venus,或来自PIE*wekw,说，肯请，词源同voice,invoke.引申词义引来麻烦，招致麻烦。现主要用于邀请义，挑战义已不再使用。

1. She had twisted his arm to get him to invite her.
   她说服他向自己发出邀请。
2. 'Look,' she said, getting a brainstorm, 'Why don't you invite them here?'
   “对了，”她灵机一动说道，“你干吗不请他们到这儿来？”
3. She invited him to her 26th birthday party in New Jersey
   她邀请他去参加她在新泽西举行的26岁生日聚会。
4. I invited her in for a coffee
   我请她进来喝杯咖啡。
5. Neighbours have invited us out, given us clothes, and taken us on excursions
   邻居们请我们出去吃饭，给我们衣服，还带我们去远足。
6. Barron invited her to accompany him to the races
   巴伦邀请她陪他参加比赛。
7. Sometimes it seems right to invite an entire class of children so no one will feel left out
   有时似乎应该邀请全班孩子，这样任何人都不会感到被孤立。
8. I haven't been invited.
   我没有被邀请。
9. At a future date, managers will be invited to apply for a management buy-out
   在将来的某天，经理们将受邀进行管理层收购。
10. The person concerned would be shown the evidence in private and invited to stand down
    将会向有关人员私下出示该证据，并要求其暂时离开证人席。
11. If a new leader emerged, it would then be for the Queen to invite him to form a government
    如果新首脑产生了，女王就会邀请他组建政府。
12. The Department is inviting applications from groups within the Borough.
    该部门欢迎本行政区内各团体提出申请。
13. I realise that an Englishman who generalises about Ireland invites trouble
    我意识到英国人如果对爱尔兰问题加以泛化的话会招惹麻烦。
14. Their refusal to compromise will inevitably invite more criticism from the UN.
    他们拒绝妥协必然会引发联合国的更多批评。
15. They haven't got an invite to the wedding.
    他们还没收到参加婚礼的请柬。
16. Don't wait for others to make the first move: invite friends to visit you.
    别等别人先主动，要先邀请朋友到家来。
17. I'd invite you to come with me, only it's such a long way
    要不是路太远，我一定会邀你一同前往。
18. He denounced the decision to invite his fellow archbishop to preach.
    他痛斥了邀请其他大主教同仁布道的决定。
19. I heard my mother rattling on and on about the day I get married, what I must wear, how I must act, who I must invite
    我听着妈妈喋喋不休地唠叨着我结婚那天应该穿什么，应该怎么做，应该请些什么人。
20. I invite every citizen to carefully study the document.
    我请每位市民都仔细研读该文件。
21. We should invite criticisms of our plans.
    我们应该征求对我们计划的批评意见。
22. Invite guests into the inner room
    把客人让进里屋
23. Did they invite you?
    他们邀请你了吗？
24. She was obviously expecting me to invite her in, but I was too busy.
    她当时显然以为我会请她进屋，但我太忙了。
25. Shall we invite him over?
    要我们把他请过来吗？
26. They invite me in.
    他们邀请我进屋。
27. I shan't invite him again in a hurry& he behaved very badly.
    我实在不愿意再邀请他了&他的举止太不像话了。
28. We invite him over.
    我们请他过来。
29. It was nice of you to invite me to tea tomorrow, but I'm afraid I can't get away.
    感谢您请我明天去喝茶，可是我怕脱不了身。