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Change log entry 74941
Processed by: goldyn_chyld (2022-06-01 14:11:18 UTC)
Comment: << review queue entry 70935 - submitted by 'richwarm' >>
I think "make an appointment" is wrong.
For example, if I make an appointment to see a dentist, I'm pretty sure that wouldn't be a case of 邀约.

I added the noun "invitation" because 邀约 is frequently used as a noun.
E.g. 楊士毅卻推掉了許多邀約。

Other examples:
在國際舞台上大放光芒,陳立恆又接到景德鎮市委書記的邀約,再度前去考察。
Having gained acclaim on the international stage, Chen once again received an invitation from Jingdezhen's party

且再忙再累,朋友一通電話邀約,即便是半夜12點,他也應邀去小酒吧喝酒,放鬆一下,
And while his schedule exhausts him, the moment he receives a call from a friend inviting him to get a few drinks at a pub, no matter how late the hour, he’ll still head over to let off some steam.

假日則常常呼朋引伴,邀約其他狗爸媽一起去爬山或到河濱公園跑步,一面聊聊說不完的狗兒女趣事。
On weekends and holidays, they get together with friends and their dogs and go hiking or to the big, open riverside park where dogs can run to their hearts’ content. While their dogs play, the humans swap seemingly inexhaustible anecdotes of their pets’ antics.

事實上,收到日本愛知的邀約前,劉樂群已經開始思考舞鈴的未來,
Liu had, in fact, been doing some serious thinking about DDT’s future even before he received the invitation to ­Aichi.

宛如天籟的古謠隊成名後,各界邀約不斷。
Since the school choir made its name, it has received invitations from all corners of Taiwan and also from overseas.

10年前,唐青在英語班的外籍同事邀約下,一起赴西藏教授當地青少年英語,
Ten years ago, at the invitation of a fellow English teacher who was a foreigner, Tang went to Tibet to teach English to young Tibetans.

以杜韻飛為例,2012年即因忙於處理展覽、演講邀約,幾乎沒有時間創作。
Take Tou Yun-fei, for example. In 2012, he was so busy arranging exhibitions and fielding lecture requests that he had almost no time left for his art.
Diff:
- 邀約 邀约 [yao1 yue1] /to invite/to make an appointment/
+ 邀約 邀约 [yao1 yue1] /to invite/invitation/
By MDBG 2025
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