RSVP
uk/ˌɑː.res.viːˈpiː/us/ˌɑːr.es.viːˈpiː/abbreviationfor"répondez s’il vous plaît",Frenchfor "pleasereply"; used at the end of a writteninvitationtomeanthat you shouldletthepeoplewhoinvitedyouknowwhether or not you are coming:
(请柬用语)敬请赐复(法语répondez s’il vous plaît的缩写)RSVP by 9October.请于10月9日前赐复。
Letters, notes and cards
- aerogramme
- air letter
- billet-doux
- chain letter
- Christmas card
- correspondence
- get-well card
- greetings card
- handbill
- hate mail
- invitation
- invite
- junk mail
- place card
- poison-pen letter
- postcard
- PPS
- PS
- round robin
- wire
RSVP
verb[I]
informaluk/ˌɑː.res.viːˈpiː/us/ˌɑːr.es.viːˈpiː/toansweraninvitationsaying whether or not you willattend:
回覆请柬,确认是否参加I got apartyinvitationin thepost, and I called to RSVP.我收到一封聚会邀请信,已经打电话确认会参加了。
Answering & responding
- acknowledgment
- affirmative
- affirmatively
- answer
- answer (someone) back
- clap
- clap back
- clapback
- counter
- counterblast
- cricketsidiom
- defensively
- field
- give
- knob
- non-response
- non-responsive
- respondent
- thank you
- whataboutism