He declined an invitation to dinner.是什么意思？

He declined an invitation to dinner.

他谢绝了赴宴的邀请。

he

pron. 他，它，一个人；n. 雄性动物；

例句
Logic had prevailed and he had abandoned the idea.
最终理智占了上风，他打消了那个念头。

declined

v. 辞谢，谢绝（邀请等）( decline的过去式和过去分词 )，（道路、物体等）下倾，（太阳）落下，（在品格、价值上）降低；

例句
The President declined to deliver the speech himself, on account of a sore throat...
总统因嗓子不适而婉拒了亲自讲话。

an

art. 一（在元音字母前代替不定代词a），一任一某一，一个；

例句
He started eating an apple...
他开始吃苹果。

invitation

n. 招待，邀请，请柬，请帖，引诱，吸引，诱惑；

例句
I visited Japan in 1987 at the invitation of the Foreign Minister.
应日本外相的邀请，我于1987年访问了日本。

to

prep. 向，朝着，到，关于，属于；adv. 朝一个方向的，到某种状态，关闭；

例句
I suggest you leave it to an expert...
我建议你把它留给专家来解决。

dinner

n. 正餐，主餐，宴会，晚餐；

例句
At the dinner table, my father would go on and on, showing off, aggrandising himself...
我父亲在餐桌上总是滔滔不绝地炫耀并吹嘘自己。