1、point out

指点；指明

They kept standing up to take pictures and point things out to each other.

他们不停地站起来拍照，还互相指点景物给对方看。

They'd already driven along the wharf so that she could point out her father's boat.

他们已经开车沿码头走了一遍，好让她指出哪艘是她父亲的船。

指出，说出（事实或错误）

Critics point out that the prince, on his income, should be paying tax.

批评家指出王子的收入应该纳税。

I should point out that these estimates cover just the hospital expenditures.

我应该指出，这些估算仅包括医院的费用。

2、invite

邀请

She invited him to her 26th birthday party in New Jersey.

她邀请他去参加她在新泽西举行的 26 岁生日聚会。

I invited her in for a coffee.

我请她进来喝杯咖啡。

(正式)邀请，请求，要求

At a future date, managers will be invited to apply for a management buy-out.

在将来的某天,经理们将受邀进行管理层收购。

The person concerned would be shown the evidence in private and invited to stand down.

将会向有关人员私下出示该证据,并要求其暂时离开证人席。

招致;诱发;引发

I realise that an Englishman who generalises about Ireland invites trouble.

我意识到英国人如果对爱尔兰问题加以泛化的话会招惹麻烦。

Their refusal to compromise will inevitably invite more criticism from the UN.

他们拒绝妥协必然会引发联合国的更多批评。