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

• Since we sent out the invitations we've received seven acceptances and one refusal.
  我们发出请帖后，收到的回复是七位接受，一位推辞。
• Have the party invitations been sent out?
  晚会的请柬发出去了吗？
• He sends out many invitations.
  他发出了许多请帖。
• We need to mail or send the invitations next week.
  我们下周就要邮寄或发送请柬了。
• The invitations are out.
  请帖已发出。
• Jeff: I had just finished all the invitations and bookings when her boss gave her the new project.
  杰夫：我刚发完所有的请柬，什么都预定好了，这时候她老板给了她一个新项目。
• Don't miss out your brother when you send round the invitations.
  发送请帖时不要把你兄弟给漏了。
• This are invitations to a banquet.
  这是一个宴会的邀请函。
• 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。
• Yes. We've already received invitations.
  对啊。我们已经被邀请到了。