invitation
n. 邀请; 请帖; 诱因; 怂恿
An invitation is a written or spoken request to come to an event such as a party, a meal, or a meeting.
...an invitation to lunch...
共进午餐的邀请
The Syrians have not yet accepted an invitation to attend...
叙利亚人还没有接到出席邀请。
An invitation is the card or paper on which an invitation is written or printed.
Hundreds of invitations are being sent out this week.
本周将寄出数百份请柬。
...gold embossed invitation cards.
烫金的请柬
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 an invitation to that result.
...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
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。
1. a request (spoken or written) to participate or be present or take part in something;
2. a tempting allurement;
I incurred his displeasure by refusing the invitation.
我因拒绝邀请而惹怒了他.
Delightedly she accepted the invitation.
令人高兴的是她接受了邀请.
He gladly accepted their invitation.
他欣然接受了他们的邀请.
He accepted the invitation with pleasure.
他高兴地接受了邀请.
I excepted him from my invitation.
我邀请的人里不包括他.