INVITE1 to invite someone2 a message inviting someone3 someone who you invite4 someone who comes without being invitedRELATED WORDSsee alsoVISITPARTY1 to invite someone 邀请某人invite/ask /ɪnˈvaɪt, ɑːskǁæsk/ [transitive verb]to ask someone to come to a party, wedding, meal etc.Ask is more informal thaninvite邀请〔invite 比ask正式〕 It's going to be a big wedding - they've invited over a hundred people. 那是个盛大的婚礼，他们邀请了一百多人。 ‘Are you going to Emma's party?’ ‘No, I haven't been asked.’ “你打算去参加埃玛的聚会吗？”“不去，我没受到邀请。” I'd love to come -- thanks for asking me. 我很乐意来，谢谢你邀请我。 It is a great honour to have been invited here tonight. 今晚应邀来这里我深感荣幸。invite/ask somebody to a party/wedding/meal etc I was invited to a couple of his dinner parties last year. 去年我获邀去参加了几次他举办的宴会。 Do you think we should ask Carol and Helen to the party? 你觉得我们是否应该请卡罗尔和海伦来参加聚会？invite/ask somebody for lunch/dinner Madeleine has invited us for dinner on Saturday. 马德琳请我们周六去吃晚饭。invite/ask somebody to do something Hane's parents have asked me to come and stay with them for a couple of weeks. 哈恩的父母请我来和他们一起过几个星期。invite somebody overinvite someone to your house for a meal, party etc 邀请某人来家做客 It won't be a big do, we're just inviting a few close friends over. 这不是什么兴师动众的事，我们只邀请几个好朋友过来。invite/ask somebody ininvite a visitor into your home 请某人来家里 He invited me in for a coffee. 他请我去他家里喝杯咖啡。invitation /ˌɪnvɪˈteɪʃən, ˌɪnvəˈteɪʃən/ [singular noun]when someone is invited to a party, wedding, meal etc 邀请at somebody's invitation They had come aboard at Charles's invitation. 他们应查尔斯的邀请上船游玩。turn down an invitationnot accept it 拒绝邀请 I'm afraid I have to turn down your invitation to dinner. 恐怕我不能应邀来参加你的晚宴了。accept an/somebody's invitation Winston gratefully accepted the invitation. 温斯顿感激地接受了邀请。ask somebody out /ˌɑːsk somebody ˈaʊtǁˌæsk-/ [transitive phrasal verb]to ask someone to go to a restaurant, a film etc with you because you want to start a romantic relationship with them 请某人外出〔指希望与其开始浪漫关系〕 Why don't you ask her out? Or are you too shy? 你为什么不约她出去？还是你怕难为情？ You asked her out? What did she say? 你约她出去了吗？她怎么说？have somebody over /ˌhæv somebody ˈəʊvəʳ/ [transitive phrasal verb not in passive]if youhave someone over, they come to your home to have a meal or to spend time with you because you have invited them 邀请某人来做客 My father is having some colleagues over from the University tonight. 今晚我爸爸请了几个大学里的同事来做客。 I want to have Danielle over to play with me. 我想请丹妮尔来和我一起玩。have somebody over for drinks/dinner etc We had Nick's parents over for dinner on Saturday. 我们请了尼克的父母星期六来吃晚饭。invite/ask somebody along /ɪnˌvaɪt, ˌɑːsk somebody əˈlɒŋǁˌæsk somebody əˈlɔːŋ/ [transitive phrasal verb]to invite someone to go somewhere with you and a group of other people 请某人一道去 Do you mind if I invite one of my friends along? 如果我请一位朋友一起去，你介意吗？ Whose idea was it to ask Danni along? 请丹尼一起去是谁的主意？entertain /ˌentəʳˈteɪn/ [intransitive/transitive verb]to provide a meal or social activity for someone in your home, either because they are your friends, or because they are people you work with 〔在家里〕招待；请客 This is an easy but impressive dish if you are entertaining at home. 如果你在家里招待客人，这道菜做起来很方便，但又能给人留下深刻印象。 About a fifth of their income is spent on entertaining clients. 他们的收入约有五分之一用于招待客户。2 a message inviting someone 邀请书invitationalsoinviteespecially American /ˌɪnvɪˈteɪʃən, ˌɪnvəˈteɪʃən, ˈɪnvaɪt/ [countable noun]a message inviting someone to a party, wedding etc 请柬，请帖 Thanks for your invitation. I'd love to come. 谢谢你的邀请，我很乐意参加。 How many invitations did you send out? 你发了多少份请柬？ a wedding invitation 婚礼请柬invitation to Did you get an invite to Paul's wedding? 你有没有收到保罗婚礼的请帖？3 someone who you invite 你邀请的客人guest /gest/ [countable noun]someone who is staying at your home, or who has come to your party, wedding etc because you invited them 客人，宾客 We have guests staying with us this week. 这星期我们有客人来住。 a wedding guest 参加婚礼的宾客 Are we allowed to bring a guest? 我们可以带一个客人来吗？guest lista list of the people who have been invited to a party 宾客名单 All three of you are on the guest list, of course. 你们三个当然都在客人名单上了。guest rooma room in your house where guests can sleep 客房 Just put the presents in the guest room for now. 暂时就把礼物放在客房里吧。4 someone who comes without being invited 未受邀请的人uninvited /ˌʌnɪnˈvaɪtɪd◂, ˌʌnɪnˈvaɪtəd◂/ [adjective/adverb]show up/turn up etc uninvited A few people showed up uninvited. 有几个不请自来的人。uninvited guest/visitor Fielding had come to the party, bringing several uninvited guests. 菲尔丁带了几位不速之客来参加了聚会。gatecrasherBritishalsocrasherAmerican /ˈgeɪtˌkræʃəʳ, ˈkræʃəʳ/ [countable noun]someone who goes to a party but was not invited, especially someone who causes trouble 不请自来的人，不速之客〔尤指惹麻烦者〕 The police want to trace everyone who was at the party, including about forty gatecrashers. 警察要追查所有参加聚会的人，包括约40名不速之客。gatecrash [intransitive/transitive verb] Apparently, Roger and he tried to gatecrash a private party taking place at the hotel. 看来罗杰和他未受邀请，却企图参加一个在酒店里举办的私人聚会。