1. | 邀请to ask sb to come to a social event |
Have you been invited to their party? 你接到参加他们的聚会的邀请了吗？ | |
I'd have liked to have gone but I wasn't invited. 我倒是想去，但我没接到邀请。 | |
They have invited me to go to Paris with them. 他们邀请我和他们一同去巴黎。 |
2. | （正式）邀请，请求，要求to ask sb formally to go somewhere or do sth |
Successful candidates will be invited for interview next week. 通过甄别的候选人将获邀于下周参加面试。 | |
He invited questions from the audience. 他请听众提问。 | |
Readers are invited to email their comments to us. 欢迎读者通过电子邮件向我们反馈意见。 |
3. | ~ sth.~ sb/sth to do sth 招致（尤指坏事）to make sth, especially sth bad or unpleasant, likely to happen |
Such comments are just inviting trouble. 这种评论简直是在自找麻烦。 |
