| 单词 | invite |
| 释义 | invite (once / 65 pages) 1vn 2v When you invite a friend to do something, you request her company, or encourage her to come with you. You might invite a group of neighbors to help you throw a block party. You could invite your friend to join you on a road trip, or invite your parents to your art show at a local gallery. You're making a polite request. Similarly, a newspaper might invite readers' comments, or a school might invite ideas for how to spend grant money. Invite is also casual shorthand for "invitation." When you tempt someone to react, you also invite that reaction: "Your strange film really invites harsh criticism." WORD FAMILYinvite: invitation, invitatory, invited, invitee, invites, inviting+/invitation: invitational, invitations/invited: uninvited/invitee: invitees/inviting: invitingly, uninviting/uninvited: uninvitedly/uninviting: uninvitingly USAGE EXAMPLES“I’m not an email person myself,” Trump echoed during that infamous July news conference in which he invited Russia to hack Hillary Clinton’s email. Washington Post(Jan 02, 2017) A clinic employee invited Mr. Kloski, now 28, to apply for Medicaid. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) This year, as usual, the firm invited alumni, including me, to its holiday party at the Plaza Hotel. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) 1 1v ask someone in a friendly way to do something Syn|Hypo|Hyper bid allure, tempt dispose or incline or entice to challengeissue a challenge to provoke, stimulateprovide the needed stimulus for counterchallengechallenge in turn call into question, oppugn, questionchallenge the accuracy, probity, or propriety of impeachchallenge the honesty or veracity of impugnattack as false or wrong dare, defychallenge call one's bluffask to prove what someone is claiming call outchallenge to a duel remand, remit, send backrefer (a matter or legal case) to another committee or authority or court for decision appealtake a court case to a higher court for review action, litigate, process, sueinstitute legal proceedings against; file a suit against litigateengage in legal proceedings request ask (a person) to do something 2v request the participation or presence of The organizers invite submissions of papers for the conference Syn|Hyper call for bespeak, call for, quest, request express the need or desire for; ask for bespeak, call for, quest, request express the need or desire for; ask for 3v have as a guest I invited them to a restaurant Syn|Hyper pay for interact act together or towards others or with others 4v invite someone to one's house Can I invite you for dinner on Sunday night? Syn|Hyper ask over, ask round ask in ask to enter bespeak, call for, quest, request express the need or desire for; ask for 5v express willingness to have in one's home or environs Syn|Hypo receive, take in welcome receive someone, as into one's house absorbassimilate or take in seereceive as a specified guest assumetake up someone's soul into heaven inductadmit as a member 6v ask to enter We invited the neighbors in for a cup of coffee Syn|Hypo|Hyper ask in ask over, ask round invite someone to one's house call in summon to enter bespeak, call for, quest, request express the need or desire for; ask for 7n a colloquial expression for invitation 2he didn't get no invite to the party Hyper invitation a request (spoken or written) to participate or be present or take part in something 1v increase the likelihood of invite criticism Syn|Hyper ask for arouse, elicit, enkindle, evoke, fire, kindle, provoke, raise call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses) 2v give rise to a desire by being attractive or inviting Syn|Hyper tempt excite, shake, shake up, stimulate, stir stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of |
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