1.
When communicating with people it is not unusual to find oneself in a situation where one has to politely decline an offer.
在与人交流时，人们通常都会遇到一种情形，那就是需要婉言谢绝别人的邀请。
2.
Don't decline an invitation to dinner.
不要谢绝吃饭的邀请。
3.
declined the invitation to dinner, but asked for a rain check.
婉言谢绝了吃晚餐的邀请，但请求延期
4.
There are uncounted reasons for my declining the invitation.
我有无数的理由谢绝这次邀请
5.
I should have to refuse your invitation because of a prior engagement
我因有约在先, 所以只好谢绝你的邀请
6.
I have had to fight shy of invitations that would exhaust time and spirits.
我不得不谢绝费时劳神的邀请。
7.
I must decline your invitation owing to a subsequent engagement.
由于有约在后，不得不谢绝您的邀请。
8.
I shall have to refuse your invitation because of a prior engagement.
我因有约在先, 所以只好谢绝你的邀请.
9.
Thanks for the invitation. And please give my regards to your wife.
谢谢你的邀请。请代我问候贵夫人。
10.
He respectfully declined the invitation.
他有礼貌地谢绝了邀请。
11.
She declined their invitation with thanks.
她婉言谢绝了邀请。
12.
He declined the invitations of his friends, and all social entertainments and recreations.
朋友们的邀请，社会上的应酬和娱乐，他一概谢绝。
13.
He saw behind Gallaher's refusal of his invitation.
他看穿了加拉赫为什么谢绝了他的邀请。
14.
We received a delicately worded refusal of our invitation.
我们收到一封婉言谢绝我们邀请的复函。
15.
Try to be diplomatic when you refuse her invitation, so as not to cause bad feeling.
谢绝她的邀请时要注意式,以免引起不快。
16.
Sophia's invitation seemed too enticing to refuse.
索菲娅的邀请太诱人,叫人难以拒绝。
17.
scorn sb's invitation, advice, offer
轻蔑地回绝某人的邀请、 劝告、 好意.
18.
Gender Distinction as Reflected in Different Invitation-Declining Strategies Adopted by Chinese Male and Female College Students;
中国大学生拒绝邀请策略的性别差异分析