音标：[,invi'teiʃәn]
n. 邀请, 请柬, 引诱
【经】 邀请, 招待, 吸引
相关词组:
at the invitation of sb
在线英汉词典

invitation的短语、例句：

invitation n 1 [U] inviting or being invited 邀请
a letter of invitation 邀请信
Admission is by invitation only. 凭请柬入场. 2 [C] ~ (to sth/to do sth) request to go or come somewhere, or do sth 敦请某人去或来某处或做某事
send out invitations to a party 发出宴会请帖
I gladly accepted their invitation to open the fete. 我愉快地接受了他们的邀请, 为义卖会主持开幕式.
[attrib 作定语] an invitation card 请帖. 3 [C usu sing 通常作单数] ~ to sb/sth (to do sth) that which tempts or encourages sb to do sth 引诱、 鼓励或怂恿（某人做某事）的事物
An open window is an invitation to burglars/an invitation to crime. 窗户开著会引贼入室[引发窃案]. invocation n ~ (to sb) (a) [U] invoking or being invoked 援用; 求助於神或法律; 用法术召唤; 祷告祈求. (b) [C] instance of this 援用; 求助於神或法律; 用法术召唤; 祷告祈求.