收到邀請給人的印象應(yīng)該是你很受某種活動歡迎，但不幸的是你不能參加你收到的所有邀請。

當(dāng)婉拒邀請時，要感謝其慷慨，例如你可以說： "Thank you so much for the invitation, I really appreciate it and it means a great deal".(很感謝您的邀請，我真的很感激，這是個不錯的待遇。)然后給出一個關(guān)于為何你不能參加活動的確切原因。如果是一個誠實的、真誠的解釋就更好了。

可以考慮給邀請你的人一個禮物，順帶附注說你很抱歉無法出席。如果是口頭邀請，你每次都可以說你要查看你的日歷，如果有空的話就會去。如果你已經(jīng)做了優(yōu)先安排，，讓男、女主人知道一下，盡快打電話婉拒邀請并且一直關(guān)注活動進(jìn)行的如何。不管是正式還是口頭邀請，應(yīng)該圓滑地去婉拒邀請。

這里有一個Helli邀請Jerry去她生日派對的實例對話：

Helli: Hi Jerry, it’s my birthday this weekend and I am throwing a party to celebrate. (你好，Jerry，這周末是我的生日，我舉辦了一個派對來慶祝。)

Jerry: That is great news; we should celebrate in style and have a theme for the party. (好消息啊;我們應(yīng)該別具風(fēng)格地慶祝一下并且為派對設(shè)置一個主題。)

Helli: Absolutely, I have guest appearances by Destiny’s Child and Mariah Carey. This will be the best party ever and you should not miss it.(當(dāng)然，我有命運(yùn)之子和瑪利亞凱利客串。這將是最好的派對，你不應(yīng)該錯過。)

Jerry: No I won’t, Friday will be a night to remember!(不，我不會錯過的，星期五是個值得記住的夜晚!)

Helli: Friday? What is happening on Friday?(星期五?星期五有什么事嗎?)

Jerry: Your party of course, silly. (當(dāng)然是你的派對啦，傻瓜。)

Helli: No Jerry, my party is on Saturday night. (不，Jerry，我的派對是在星期六晚上的。)

Jerry: Oh no, Helli! I have to be at work on Friday night as I’m working night shift, I appreciate the invite but I cannot afford to miss work. (哦，不會吧，Helli!我星期五晚上必須工作因為我要輪晚班，我很感謝你的邀請但是我不能丟掉工作。)

Helli: I understand, you have to work. Perhaps you can join us when your shift ends. (我明白，你必須要工作。也許在你輪班結(jié)束后你可以加入我們。)

Jerry: It ends at 6 am, I doubt Mariah Carey will still be there! Party safely and keep me posted on how the party goes! (它是早上6點結(jié)束，我懷疑瑪利亞凱利仍然還在!派對平安的話，通知我一下進(jìn)行地如何了!)

Helli: Will do Jerry! (行，好的，Jerry!)