Invite
[ɪn'vaɪt]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) a colloquial expression for invitation; 'he didn't get no invite to the party'.
(verb.) ask someone in a friendly way to do something.
(verb.) request the participation or presence of; 'The organizers invite submissions of papers for the conference'.
(verb.) ask to enter; 'We invited the neighbors in for a cup of coffee'.
(verb.) increase the likelihood of; 'ask for trouble'; 'invite criticism'.
(verb.) invite someone to one's house; 'Can I invite you for dinner on Sunday night?'.
(verb.) have as a guest; 'I invited them to a restaurant'.
伊凡手打--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(v. t.) To ask; to request; to bid; to summon; to ask to do some act, or go to some place; esp., to ask to an entertainment or visit; to request the company of; as, to invite to dinner, or a wedding, or an excursion.
(v. t.) To allure; to draw to; to tempt to come; to induce by pleasure or hope; to attract.
(v. t.) To give occasion for; as, to invite criticism.
(v. i.) To give invitation.
校對:朗达
同義詞及近義詞：
v. a. [1]. Solicit, bid, summon, call, ask, request.[2]. Allure, attract, entice, lead, draw on, prevail upon.
編輯:马丁
同義詞及反義詞：
SYN:Ask, summon, call, challenge, attract, allure, tempt, incite, request, solicit
ANT:Forbid, exclude, discard, deprecate, repel
查理校對
解釋/意思:
v.t. to ask: to summon: to allure: to attract.—v.i. to ask in invitation.—n. Invitā′tion the act of inviting: an asking or solicitation the written or verbal form with which a person is invited: the brief exhortation introducing the confession in the Anglican communion-office.—adj. Invit′ātory using or containing invitation.—n. a form of invitation in worship esp. the antiphon to the Venite or 95th Psalm.—ns. Invite′ment (Lamb) allurement temptation; Invit′er.—p.adj. Invit′ing alluring: attractive.—n. (Shak.) invitation.—adv. Invit′ingly in an inviting manner.—n. Invit′ingness attractiveness.
柏妮丝手打
娱乐性解釋/意思：
To dream that you invite persons to visit you, denotes that some unpleasant event is near, and will cause worry and excitement in your otherwise pleasant surroundings. If you are invited to make a visit, you will receive sad news. For a woman to dream that she is invited to attend a party, she will have pleasant anticipations, but ill luck will mar them.
手打:齐妮亚
例句/造句/用法:
- I cordially invite you, sir, to second my efforts in the sacred interests of the family. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- I did not invite her back till it was too late. 湯瑪斯·哈代. 還鄉.
- I beg, I insist that you will not invite any one to this house. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- The Veneerings find with swift remorse that they have omitted to invite Miss Bella Wilfer. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- It will not do to _invite_ five couple. 簡·奧斯丁. 愛瑪.
- He now inferred that she had asked her uncle to invite Will to the Grange; and she felt it impossible at that moment to enter into any explanation. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- I had better not invite the girl's confidence, with the Sergeant on the look-out to surprise us together. 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- The waiter coughed, as if he modestly invited me to get over that. 查理斯·狄更斯. 遠大前程.
- Before giving him any order as to the part he was to play in the approaching campaign I invited his views. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U．S．格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- They were invited, were not they? 簡·奧斯丁. 愛瑪.
- Hannah Brown will preside, and all are invited to attend. 路易莎·梅·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
- Needless to say, this weak aristocratic republic, with its recurrent royal elections, invited aggression from all three of its neighbours. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- With this view, Mr. Wardle invited the full circle to dinner at the Adelphi; and the decanters having been thrice sent round, opened the business. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- She smiled and added: I must go where I am invited, or I should be too lonely. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 純真年代.
- Unless you are inviting death for us all you had best drop, and that quickly. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 火星戰神.
- This was her way of inviting her guest to take a chair. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- He was at the same time haughty, reserved, and fastidious, and his manners, though well-bred, were not inviting. 簡·奧斯丁. 傲慢與偏見.
- On so inviting a morning, too, it was very tantalising to turn back, and leave his friends to enjoy themselves. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- Mrs. Elton's invitations I should have imagined any thing but inviting. 簡·奧斯丁. 愛瑪.
- The green turf looked soft and cool and inviting. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
- The weather was clear and Popocatapetl stood out in all its beauty, the top looking as if not a mile away, and inviting us to return. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U．S．格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- And therefore, I said, as we might expect, there is nothing here which invites or excites intelligence. 柏拉圖. 理想國.
- Like invites like for good or for evil. 柏拉圖. 理想國.
- It is the natural hill, with its mossy breaks and hollows, whose slope invites ascent, whose summit it is pleasure to gain. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- Mrs Lammle, on a sofa by a table, invites Mr Twemlow's attention to a book of portraits in her hand. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- At Christmas every body invites their friends about them, and people think little of even the worst weather. 簡·奧斯丁. 愛瑪.
- He is not disdainful of the study of the lower animals, but invites us to investigate all forms in the expectancy of discovering something natural and beautiful. 李貝. 西洋科學史.
編輯:诺拉