invitations

英 [ˌɪnvɪˈteɪʃənz]

美 [ˌɪnvɪˈteɪʃənz]

n.  (口头或书面的)邀请; 邀请; 获得邀请; 请柬; 请帖
invitation的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 邀请
  Aninvitationis a written or spoken request to come to an event such as a party, a meal, or a meeting.
  1. ...an invitation to lunch...
     共进午餐的邀请
  2. The Syrians have not yet accepted an invitation to attend...
     叙利亚人还没有接到出席邀请。
  3. He's understood to be there at the personal invitation of President Daniel Arap Moi.
     据悉他是应总统丹尼尔·阿拉普·莫伊亲自邀请而到场的。
• N-COUNT 请帖;请柬
  Aninvitationis the card or paper on which an invitation is written or printed.
  1. Hundreds of invitations are being sent out this week.
     本周将寄出数百份请柬。
  2. ...gold embossed invitation cards.
     烫金的请柬
• N-SING 诱因;招致…的行为
  If you believe that someone's action is likely to have a particular result, especially a bad one, you can refer to the action as aninvitation tothat result.
  1. ...a war that most liberal Democrats regarded as an invitation to disaster...
     一场大部分自由民主党人认为会招致灾难的战争
  2. Don't leave your shopping on the back seat of your car — it's an open invitation to a thief.
     别把买的东西放在汽车后座上——那会招来小偷的。

双语例句

• The wedding invitations have been sent out.
  婚礼的请贴都已经发出去了。
• He was always declining their invitations on ground of ill health.
  他总是以身体不好为理由而谢绝他们的邀请。
• Yes. We've already received invitations.
  对啊。我们已经被邀请到了。
• A thousand invitations to the wedding were sent out.
  上千份的婚礼请柬已经发出。
• How many invitations did you order?
  你订了多少张请柬？
• I turned down some invitations for short visits.
  我回绝了一些短期作客的邀请。
• They may call to invite their friends to their birthday party, and also send invitations by mail.
  他们可能打电话来邀请他们的朋友参加他们的生日派对，也能通过电子邮件发送的邀请。
• We need to mail or send the invitations next week.
  我们下周就要邮寄或发送请柬了。
• Have the party invitations been sent out?
  晚会的请柬发出去了吗？
• She had sent out well over four hundred invitations that afternoon.
  那天下午她发出了远远不止400份请柬。