英语词汇“invitation”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	invitation
释义	in·vi·ta·tion I. \ˌinvəˈtāshən\ noun (-s) Etymology: Middle French or Latin; Middle French, from Latin invitation-, invitatio, from invitatus (past participle of invitare to invite) + -ion-, -io -ion 1. a. : the act of inviting : the requesting of a person's company or participation < I took the invitation to dinner as a dismissal from tea — O.S.J.Gogarty > < joined the expedition at the invitation of the government > b. (1) : a written or verbal request to be present or participate < address wedding invitations > < accept an invitation to membership > (2) : a written or verbal request to do or undertake < an invitation to sing at a benefit concert > < an invitation to assume leadership of a project > (3) often capitalized : a brief exhortation immediately preceding the confession in the communion service of the Anglican and other Protestant churches c. : suggestion, proposal < the invitations of a master are scarcely to be distinguished from commands — Edward Gibbon > < he refused my invitation to consider the history of Christian intolerance — H.J.Laski > 2. a. : attraction, stimulus, lure, incentive < they were forced to move, even though the Sahara desert was no invitation — Emil Lengyel > < good scholarship … presents us with evidence which is an invitation to the critical faculty of the reader — T.S.Eliot > b. : a precipitating factor : inducement, challenge, provocation < a hatchet painted red was thrown down in a friendly village as an invitation to join in a war — Clark Wissler > < the laws … were an invitation to smuggling — Roger Burlingame > < her sultry look was clearly an invitation > II. \\| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷\| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷\ adjective also in·vi·ta·tion·al \\| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷\|tāshən^əl, -shnəl\ : prepared or entered in response to a request or challenge < invitation article > < invitation exhibit > specifically : limited to invited participants < invitation tournament >
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