等於把壞事請進門
同一扇開著的門，只是這次進來的不是客人：你做的事讓壞結果變得容易發生，聽起來就像你把它請了進來。
invite trouble · verb · A1
To do something that makes a bad result more likely, often without meaning to.
招致
核心畫面
Picture holding a door open and saying come in. You are not ordering anyone; you are making the way clear and leaving the choice with them. Every use of invite is that open door — held for a guest, held for people's questions, or, without meaning to, held for trouble.
可以想成把門推開，說一句「進來吧」。你沒有命令誰，只是把路讓出來，要不要進來由對方決定。invite 的每個用法都是…更多收起
可以想成把門推開，說一句「進來吧」。你沒有命令誰，只是把路讓出來，要不要進來由對方決定。invite 的每個用法都是那扇打開的門——為客人開的、為別人的提問開的，或者不小心替麻煩開的。From the picture
Also in this word
invite to an event · verb · A1
To ask someone to come to a party, meal, or event.
邀請
invite input · verb · A1
To politely ask someone to do something, such as ask questions or send in their ideas.
邀請；徵求
invitation (casual) · noun · A1
An invitation to a party, meal, or event; a more casual word for 'invitation'.
邀請
原始詞典資料5 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
inviteverb詞源 1/ɪnˈvaɪt/
- 1
To ask for the presence or participation of someone or something.
- We invited our friends round for dinner.
- A Nimph is marryed to a Fay, Great preparations for the Day, All Rites of Nuptials they recite you, To the Brydall and inuite you.
- 2
To request formally.
- I invite you all to be seated.
- I always invite criticism of my essays.
- 3
To encourage.
- Wearing that skimpy dress, you are bound to invite attention.
- The refusal to maintain such a navy would invite trouble, and if trouble came would insure disaster.
- 4
To allure; to draw to; to tempt to come; to induce by pleasure or hope; to attract.
- to inveigle and invite th' unwary sense
- shady groves, that easy sleep invite
invitenoun詞源 2/ˈɪnvaɪt/
- 1
informalAn invitation.
- An open invite has been given to all UK workers to join in common cause with the union, as more than 40,000 RMT members at Network Rail and 13 train operating companies walked out on June 21 in the first of three 24-hour strikes over pay, conditions and job security.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。