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| /ˌɪnvɪˈteɪʃn/ |
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| 1 | a written or spoken request asking someone to spend time with you socially or to come to a social event 书面（或口头）邀请；请柬 |
| The wedding invitations went out yesterday. 婚礼请柬是昨天发出去的。 |
| +to Nobody in the office had received an invitation to the party. 办公室里没有人接到该聚会的邀请。 |
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| 2 | a request to someone to do something or go somewhere 要求；号召 |
| invitation to do sth She has received an invitation to join a new environmental policy body. 她收到了加入一个新的环境政策机构的邀请。 |
| decline/refuse an invitation The senator declined our invitation to comment on the allegations. 该参议员拒绝了我们的要求，不愿对这些指控加以评论。 |
| standing/long-standing/open invitation (=with no fixed date) The former president has accepted a long-standing invitation to address the conference. 长期有效的邀请；无限期的邀请 |
| | 2a | if you do something at someone’ s invitation , you do it when they ask or invite you 应某人的邀请 | | They came to Washington at the invitation of the president. 他们应总统的邀请来到了华盛顿。 | |
| | 2b | without being asked or invited by anyone 未经邀请 | | When someone comes nearer without invitation, we feel threatened. 当有人不请自来地走近的时候，我们觉得受到了威胁。 | |
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| 3 | invitation an action or event that makes something unpleasant more likely to happen 招惹；招致；引诱 |
| +to He described the low wages paid to police officers as almost an invitation to corruption. 他几乎将警官们的低薪描述成了导致腐败的诱因。 |
| an (open) invitation to do sth The banks will take the minister’ s comments as an open invitation to charge their customers higher rates. 各银行会把部长的评论当作向客户征收更高费率的要求。 |
| PHRASE |
| - | by invitation (only)
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| available only to people who have been formally invited |
| （仅）凭请柬入场 |
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| a club with membership by invitation only 只有邀请才能入会的俱乐部 |
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