| 单词 | inviting |
| 释义 | inviting (once / 650 pages) adj Inviting things are very appealing. Your host's inviting smile makes you truly feel welcomed and even a little bit charmed. On a hot summer day, nothing looks quite as inviting as a cool, sparkling swimming pool, and when you come inside after walking home in the snow, a cozy fire in the wood stove is also quite inviting. Something inviting promises comfort or pleasure. The word comes from invitation, from the Latin invitare, "invite, treat, or entertain," which originally meant "be pleasant toward." WORD FAMILYinviting: invitingly, uninviting+/invitation: invitational, invitations/invite: invitation, invitatory, invited, invitee, invites, inviting/invited: uninvited/invitee: invitees/uninvited: uninvitedly/uninviting: uninvitingly USAGE EXAMPLESPeople would find my blog online and contact me, inviting me to stay with them. The Guardian(Jan 02, 2017) He lived in a small apartment with two other men, barred by his landlord from inviting guests, including his girlfriend. Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016) “Moreover, I am inviting all children of US diplomats accredited in Russia to the New Year and Christmas parties in the Kremlin,” he said. Time(Dec 30, 2016) adj attractive and tempting an inviting offer Syn|Ant attractive pleasing to the eye or mind especially through beauty or charm invitatoryconveying an invitation tantalising, tantalizing, temptingvery pleasantly inviting tantalising, tantalizingarousing desire or expectation for something unattainable or mockingly out of reach uninviting neither attractive nor tempting unattractivelacking beauty or charm unattractive, untemptingnot appealing to the senses |
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