1 an action that causes or encourages something to happen -- 引起，招致
2 an occasion when someone is formally asked to do something -- （尤指正式地）征求，请求
3 a piece of paper or card that invites someone to an event -- 邀请函；请柬
On quarter days livery companies issued invitations to the generality.
Teaching how to invite, accept or decline invitations involves (it may be argued) techniques not required to teach the present perfect tense.
People from the lower classes could expect money or invitations to banquets as their reward for participating in electoral campaigns.
Such invitations and sharings of food were virtuous, and could be interesting, giving rise to good conversation.
At the same time, his personal skills led to many upper-crust invitations and lucrative teaching engagements.
When pressure was put on them for more radical appointments, invitations were mostly too late to make any significant impact.
Practising the latter involves creating situations where things are 'done' - putting learners in situations where inviting and responding to invitations, for example, will happen.
In story-writing the teacher employs invitations, which call for the children to generate ideas or suggestions.
