邀请

Will you decline invitations with "We're busy that night—so sorry we can't come," when the truth is you'd rather stay home than dine with the So-and-sos?

如果你宁愿待在家里而不愿与某某共同进餐，你会说"我们晚上很忙——很抱歉我们来不了。"以谢绝邀请吗？

Will you decline invitations with "We're busy that night — so sorry we can't come," when the truth is you'd rather stay home than dine with the So-and-sos?

你婉辞邀请时会不会说"那天晚上我们正好没空——真对不起，我们不能来，"而实际上你是宁肯呆在家里也不想跟某某夫妇一起进餐？

People decline invitations when they are "indisposed"斜坡 22 scary physically, and I wish they would do likewise when they fell indisposed emotionally.

人们在身体"不适"时谢绝邀请，我希望他们在觉得情绪上不适时也能同样做。

I thank you for the invitation, but I must decline.

我很感谢你的邀请。可是，我必须拒绝。

I invited him to join us, but he declined.

我邀请他加入我们，但他拒绝了。

We asked them to come to our party, but they declined.

我们邀请他们来参加我们的聚会，但他们谢绝了。

I invited her to join us, but she declined .

我邀请她加入我们，但是她拒绝了。。。。

We invited her to go with us, but she declined.

我们邀请她来和我们一块去，但她谢绝了。

I invited her to join us, but she declined.

我邀请她和我们在一起，可是她婉言谢绝了。

He was invited to join the party, but he declined .

他被邀请参加宴会，但他谢绝了。

The split between the two groups can hardly be papered over.

这两个团体间的分歧难以掩饰。

This approach not only encourages a greater number of responses, but minimizes the likelihood of stale groupthink.

这种做法不仅鼓励了更多的反应，而且减少跟风的可能性。