来自拉丁语invito,邀请，挑战，来自in-,进入，使，-vit,词义不详，来自可能PIE*weie,追寻，寻求，词源同virile,Venus,或来自PIE*wekw,说，肯请，词源同voice,invoke.引申词义引来麻烦，招致麻烦。现主要用于邀请义，挑战义已不再使用。

1. "Let's invite her to dinner." — "Over my dead body!"

“我们请她来吃晚饭吧。”——“除非我死了！”

2. I invite every citizen to carefully study the document.

我请每位市民都仔细研读该文件。

3. "Look," she said, getting a brainstorm, "Why don't you invite them here?"

“对了，”她灵机一动说道，“你干吗不请他们到这儿来？”

4. He denounced the decision to invite his fellow archbishop to preach.

他痛斥了邀请其他大主教同仁布道的决定。

5. Their refusal to compromise will inevitably invite more criticism from the UN.

他们拒绝妥协必然会引发联合国的更多批评。