A. guests tend to feel they are not highly regarded if the invitation to a dinner party is extended only three or four days before the party date.
在美国，如果在宴会三四天前才受到邀请，那受邀者就会认为自己不是很受重视。
In October, I reached out to him with a vague invitation for a drink or dinner, which I’d been doing occasionally since March. I was starting to realize just how much time had passed.
十月，我打电话给丹，含糊地邀请他一起喝杯酒或是吃个饭——从三月份开始，我隔一段时间就会发出这样的邀请，我这才意识到时间已经过去了那么久。
Even though Siyu had been introduced to him by his mother, a dinner invitation, after meeting only once, seemed to imply an approval of sorts from both his mother and himself.
尽管思玉是自己母亲介绍的，可只见了一次面就请人家过来吃饭，会让人觉得母子两人都同意了这门婚事。
A short time later, Prince Charles sent his valet to hand-deliver a formal invitation for Diana to accompany him that very evening to the opera and a latenight dinner at the palace.
不久之后，查尔斯王子派随从亲手送给她一张正式的请柬，邀请黛安娜当晚陪伴他去看歌剧并出席午夜的宫廷晚宴。
The truly free man is he who knows how to decline a dinner invitation without giving any excuse.
不用什么借口便知道如何谢绝人家邀请吃饭的人，才是一个真正独来独往的人。
A short time later, Prince Charles sent his valet to hand-deliver a formal invitation for Diana to accompany him that very evening to the opera and a late-night dinner at the palace.
不久之后，查尔斯王子差遣随从亲手向戴安娜发出一封正式请柬，邀请她当晚陪伴他去看歌剧并出席午夜的宫殿晚宴。
I sincerely regret that owing to a prior engagement I am obliged to decline your kind invitation to dinner next Saturday.
由于有约在先，我不能接受下星期六与您共进晚餐的邀请，对此深表遗憾。
In fact, if you could register for the three days, you also get an invitation to a free dinner on the Saturday night, so that's probably the better option.
事实上，如果你注册三天的课程，你还可以在周六晚上得到免费晚餐的邀请函，所以这可能是更好的选择。
If, however, a man asks her to attend something special outside the normal working hour cocktails or dinner or a dance or movie-the invitation itself means "come as my guest."
如果有一位男士邀请她参加工作之余的活动，譬如鸡尾酒会、晚餐、舞会或看电影等，这种邀请本身就意味着“请你来做客”。
If, however, a man asks her to attend something special outside the normal working hour cocktails or dinner or a dance or movie-the invitation itself means "come as my guest."
如果有一位男士邀请她参加工作之余的活动，譬如鸡尾酒会、晚餐、舞会或看电影等，这种邀请本身就意味着“请你来做客”。
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