The verb is pronounced /ɪn'vaɪt/. The noun is pronounced /'ɪnvaɪt/. 动词读作 /ɪn'vaɪt/,名词读作 /'ɪnvaɪt/。
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[VERB 动词]邀请 If you
invite someone to something such as a party or a meal, you ask them to come to it.
[V n prep/adv]
[V n to-inf]
[V n]
[be V-ed]
[V-ed]
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。
I invited her in for a coffee...
我请她进来喝杯咖啡。
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。
Barron invited her to accompany him to the races...
巴伦邀请她陪他参加比赛。
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。
I haven't been invited.
我没有被邀请。
...an invited audience of children from inner-city schools.
从旧城区学校邀请来的小学生观众
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[VERB 动词](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.
[be V-ed to-inf]
[V n to-inf]
[V n]
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。
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。
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。
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。
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[VERB 动词]招致;诱发;引发 If something you say or do
invites trouble or criticism, it makes trouble or criticism more likely.
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。
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。
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]请柬;请帖 An
invite is an invitation to something such as a party or a meal.
They haven't got an invite to the wedding.
他们还没收到参加婚礼的请柬。