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单词 invite
释义 in·vite
I. \ə̇nˈvīt, usu -īd.+V\ verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: Middle French or Latin; Middle French inviter, from Latin invitare, probably from in- in- (II) + -vitare (probably akin to Greek hiesthai to hasten, long for) — more at gain
transitive verb
1.
 a. : to offer an incentive or inducement to : entice, tempt
  < the book invites interest >
  < writes about the people and places that invite his pen — Atlantic >
  < rock-strewn streams invite the fisherman — American Guide Series: New Jersey >
  < virgin spaces of America invited colonization — Douglas Bush >
  < I loaf and invite my soul — Walt Whitman >
 b. : to provide opportunity or occasion for : increase the likelihood of : open the way to
  < to shrink from responsibility is to invite social and economic insecurity — H.G.Armstrong >
  < so long as there is starvation and joblessness in the midst of abundance we are inviting the deluge — Ruth Benedict >
  < lurid emotionalism and tear-jerking nostalgia … inviting sighs and hisses — Leslie Rees >
  < wandered slowly along … in that wholly relaxed state which always seems to invite small adventures — William Beebe >
2.
 a. : to request the presence or participation of : solicit the company of : ask
  < invite guests to dinner >
  < invite educators to a conference >
  < invite a team to a tournament >
  < open the door and invite him in >
 especially : to send a formal invitation to
  < an affair open only to those who had been invited >
 b. : to request formally
  < invite him to be chief executive >
  < invited her to give a talk on flower arrangement >
  < it is not as yet very clear which … are invited to consider becoming signatories — I.A.Richards >
 c. : to urge politely or indicate a receptiveness to : encourage, welcome
  < leaned forward … and invited me to continue in English — Barbara Henderson >
  < inviting him to put his own motives under examination — Lionel Trilling >
  < invite bids on a contract >
  < invites oral suggestions from his three clerks — J.P.Frank >
  < his manner did not invite approach — H.E.Starr >
intransitive verb
: to issue an invitation
 < he did not invite: he commanded — Max Beerbohm >
 < the spacious campus … invites to the enjoyment of the out-of-doors — Catalog of Hollins College >
II. \ˈinˌv-\ noun
(-s)
now chiefly dialect : invitation 1
 < you sound like you didn't get no invite to the dance — Richard Bissell >
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