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invite

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in·vite1 /ɪnˈvaɪt/ ●●● S1 W2 verb [transitiveT]  
1  INVITEto ask someone to come to a party, wedding, meal etc 邀请
invite somebody to something
 Who should we invite to the party?
我们该邀请谁来参加聚会？
invite somebody to do something
 Gail invited me to stay with her while her husband was out of town.
盖尔邀请我在她丈夫出城时住在她家。
invite somebody for something
 Why don’t you invite her for a drink at the club one evening?
你何不找个晚上请她到俱乐部去喝一杯？
 I’m afraid I wasn’t invited.
恐怕我没有受到邀请。
n GRAMMAR: Prepositions with invite
You invite someone to an event or a place:
Did they invite you to the wedding?
She invited me to her house.
You invite someone for a meal or a period of time:
He invited us for brunch.
I’ll invite them for the weekend.
2  ASK FOR something/ASK somebody TO DO somethingto politely ask someone to do something 〔礼貌地〕请求〔某人做某事〕
invite somebody to do something
 Anyone interested in contributing articles is invited to contact the editor.
凡是有兴趣投稿的人请和编辑联系。
3  HARM/BE BAD FORPROBABLYto encourage something bad to happen, especially without intending to 〔尤指无意地〕招致〔不好的事〕
 Any government that sells arms to dictators is inviting trouble.
任何向独裁者出售武器的政府都是在自找麻烦。
 PHRASAL VERBS
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invite• Perhaps movie marketers should have been more careful about inviting comparisons.• Applications for this position are invited from all individuals with relevant experience.• Not to provide aid will just invite further catastrophe in the area.• In fact, their purpose in inviting him to lunch was to ask him to divorce her.• What he doesn't do in contrast to his practice with musical guests is to invite Jazzie to talk.• Indeed they seemed to invite persecution by preaching openly in public places.• The demonstrators invited retaliation and got it, with sticks and clubs and arrests.• At the end of the lecture, Dr. Bosch invited the audience to ask questions and share their ideas.• The adults in these rooms invite the students they work with to be part of a community as well.• Those of you who are teaching and training teachers for school, I would invite to rebellion.• Allowing a sixteen-year-old to stay out all night is just inviting trouble.• If you don't maintain your car regularly, you're just inviting trouble.
invite ... for a drink• Nigel sent her a nice little note inviting her for a drink.
in·vite2 /ˈɪnvaɪt/ noun [countableC] informal  
1.INVITEan invitation to a party, meal etc 〔聚会、吃饭等的〕邀请
Examples from the Corpus
invite• Mickey's invited us to a party at his house, and no one turns down an invite to Mickey's!• These days it's not enough to send out the invite and hope they reply.
From Longman Business Dictionary
invitein·vite /ɪnˈvaɪt/ verb [transitiveT]
1to offer someone the opportunity to do something
invite somebody to do something
Contractors will then be invited to tender for the work.
Applications are invited from suitably qualified candidates.
The country has invited bids from foreign firms to explore for oil and natural gas.
2to ask someone to come to an event
invite somebody to something
I was not invited to the meeting.
Origin invite1
(1500-1600) French inviter, from Latin invitare
in·vite1 verb →n GRAMMAR1 →PHRASAL VERBS1in·vite2 noun
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