You may refuse by saying, "Thank you for inviting me, but I will not be able to come."

你可以这样拒绝：“谢谢你的邀请，但我来不了。”

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Or maybe you are concerned about the gap in the number of guests you have compared to your partner. Or, there are many temp workers these days and they may be uncomfortable inviting the boss.

也许有位客人临时有事来不了，或者自己的宾客人数与伴侣有差距而让你烦恼，又或者现今有很多临时工，他们觉得邀请老板不合适。

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In May 2007, Facebook unveiled an initiative called Facebook Platform, inviting third-party software makers to create programs for the service and to make money on advertising alongside them.

2007年5月，美国社交网站“脸谱网”发布了一项称之为“开放平台”的新方案，邀请第三方软件制造商来为此项服务编写程序，并通过植入广告盈利。

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Even before the American Revolution of the late 1700s, Cape May merchants advertised in Philadelphia newspapers, inviting people to resort in Cape May.

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To help develop the possibilites that the Kinect enables, Microsoft is launching the first-ever Kinect Accelerator program in Seattle in May, inviting teams from around the world to encourage this innovation.

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But Mr Rutte may be open to inviting Mr Wilders to join a three-way government of the right.

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The feds may not even think of inviting Raj to the party anyway, they seem to have a lot of evidence that worries Gupta enough to have it thrown out.

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