The verb is pronounced /ɪn'vaɪt/. The noun is pronounced /'ɪnvaɪt/. 动词读作 /ɪn'vaɪt/,名词读作 /'ɪnvaɪt/。
1 VERB 邀请 If you invite someone to something such as a party or a meal, you ask them to come to it. 邀请
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She invited him to her 26th birthday party in New Jersey. [VERB noun prep./adv.]
她邀请他去参加她在新泽西举行的 26 岁生日聚会。
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I invited her in for a coffee. [VERB noun prep./adv.]
我请她进来喝杯咖啡。
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Neighbours have invited us out, given us clothes, and taken us on excursions. [VERB noun prep./adv.]
邻居们请我们出去吃饭,给我们衣服,还带我们去远足。
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Barron invited her to accompany him to the races. [VERB noun to-infinitive]
巴伦邀请她陪他参加比赛。
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Sometimes it seems right to invite an entire class of children so no one will feel left out. [VERB noun]
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。
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I haven't been invited. [be VERB-ed]
我没有被邀请。
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...an invited audience of children from inner-city schools. [VERB-ed]
从旧城区学校邀请来的小学生观众
SYN ask, bid, summon, request the pleasure of (someone's) company
2 VERB (正式)邀请，请求，要求 If you are invited to do something, you are formally asked or given permission to do it. (正式)邀请，请求，要求
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At a future date, managers will be invited to apply for a management buy-out. [be VERB-ed to-infinitive]
在将来的某天,经理们将受邀进行管理层收购。
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The person concerned would be shown the evidence in private and invited to stand down. [be VERB-ed to-infinitive]
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。
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If a new leader emerged, it would then be for the Queen to invite him to form a government. [VERB noun to-infinitive]
如果新首脑产生了,女王就会邀请他组建政府。
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The Department is inviting applications from groups within the Borough. [VERB noun]
该部门欢迎本行政区内各团体提出申请。
SYN request, seek, look for, call for
3 VERB 招致;诱发;引发 If something you say or do invites trouble or criticism, it makes trouble or criticism more likely. 招致;诱发;引发
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I realise that an Englishman who generalises about Ireland invites trouble. [VERB noun]
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。
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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。
SYN encourage, attract, cause, draw
4 N-COUNT 请柬;请帖 An invite is an invitation to something such as a party or a meal. 请柬;请帖 [informal]
SYN invitation, call, request, bidding
| Word Partnership | Use invite with: |
| N. | invite someone to dinner, invite friends, invite people 1 invite criticism, invite questions 3 |
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