invite
🇺🇸
/ɪnˈvaɪt/
🇬🇧
/ɪnˈvaɪt/
to ask someone to come to an event
I want to invite you to my birthday party.
我想邀請你參加我的生日派對。
to ask someone formally to go somewhere or do something
The company will invite experts to speak at the conference.
公司將邀請專家在會議上發言。
to make something bad more likely to happen
Leaving your door unlocked might invite trouble.
不鎖門可能會招來麻煩。
an invitation
I received an invite to the wedding.
我收到了一份婚禮邀請。