Invite

(noun.) a colloquial expression for invitation; 'he didn't get no invite to the party'.

(verb.) ask someone in a friendly way to do something.

(verb.) request the participation or presence of; 'The organizers invite submissions of papers for the conference'.

(verb.) ask to enter; 'We invited the neighbors in for a cup of coffee'.

(verb.) increase the likelihood of; 'ask for trouble'; 'invite criticism'.

(verb.) invite someone to one's house; 'Can I invite you for dinner on Sunday night?'.

(verb.) have as a guest; 'I invited them to a restaurant'.

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• I cordially invite you, sir, to second my efforts in the sacred interests of the family. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• I did not invite her back till it was too late. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• I beg, I insist that you will not invite any one to this house. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• The Veneerings find with swift remorse that they have omitted to invite Miss Bella Wilfer. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• It will not do to _invite_ five couple. 简·奥斯汀. 爱玛.
• He now inferred that she had asked her uncle to invite Will to the Grange; and she felt it impossible at that moment to enter into any explanation. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• I had better not invite the girl's confidence, with the Sergeant on the look-out to surprise us together. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• The waiter coughed, as if he modestly invited me to get over that. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
• Before giving him any order as to the part he was to play in the approaching campaign I invited his views. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• They were invited, were not they? 简·奥斯汀. 爱玛.
• Hannah Brown will preside, and all are invited to attend. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• Needless to say, this weak aristocratic republic, with its recurrent royal elections, invited aggression from all three of its neighbours. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• With this view, Mr. Wardle invited the full circle to dinner at the Adelphi; and the decanters having been thrice sent round, opened the business. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• She smiled and added: I must go where I am invited, or I should be too lonely. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
• Unless you are inviting death for us all you had best drop, and that quickly. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
• This was her way of inviting her guest to take a chair. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• He was at the same time haughty, reserved, and fastidious, and his manners, though well-bred, were not inviting. 简·奥斯汀. 傲慢与偏见.
• On so inviting a morning, too, it was very tantalising to turn back, and leave his friends to enjoy themselves. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• Mrs. Elton's invitations I should have imagined any thing but inviting. 简·奥斯汀. 爱玛.
• The green turf looked soft and cool and inviting. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
• The weather was clear and Popocatapetl stood out in all its beauty, the top looking as if not a mile away, and inviting us to return. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• And therefore, I said, as we might expect, there is nothing here which invites or excites intelligence. 柏拉图. 理想国.
• Like invites like for good or for evil. 柏拉图. 理想国.
• It is the natural hill, with its mossy breaks and hollows, whose slope invites ascent, whose summit it is pleasure to gain. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• Mrs Lammle, on a sofa by a table, invites Mr Twemlow's attention to a book of portraits in her hand. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• At Christmas every body invites their friends about them, and people think little of even the worst weather. 简·奥斯汀. 爱玛.
• He is not disdainful of the study of the lower animals, but invites us to investigate all forms in the expectancy of discovering something natural and beautiful. 李贝. 西洋科学史.

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