很乐意参与讨论妹子提出的这个问题。 1. 如你所查到的资料所说，RSVP是个缩写词语，来自法语，意为‘respond if you please’, 即敬请回复。 2. 这个短语原本用于正式的邀请，例如婚礼的请柬。一般会附带responding card（回复卡）. 上面有Yes 和No 两个选项，你只要选择一项（也可以自己写，更详细或者更具体），然后寄回去就可以了。这是RSVP的传统也是主要的用法。 3. 由于经常使用，RSVP的用法也渐渐扩大了，也不那么“老实”了。 1） 作为动词用了：Vi. (to)/ Vt. ( sb./sth.) How to RSVP? (a heading) 2) 作为名词用了：Wedding RSVP （对出席婚礼的邀请的回复） 3）作为普通的用语，代替 please reply(请回复）。不一定是对邀请的回复，没有回复卡。回复方式无限制，以方便、快捷、有效为原则。 一下是两种传统的正式的RSVP的示例： Yes: Mr. and Mrs. Charles Clark accept with pleasure the kind invitation of Mr. and Mrs. Donald Swanson for Tuesday, the twenty-first of August. -------------- No: Mr. and Mrs. Charles Clark regretfully decline the kind invitation of Mr. and Mrs. Donald Swanson for Tuesday, the twenty-first of August. ============== Sample Baby Shower RSVP No: Dear Mrs. Hollingsworth, I regret that I am unable to attend the baby shower you are hosting for my cousin Anna Heyworth on August 14, 2012. Our nephew graduates from college the same day, and we will be out of town attending the ceremony. I see from the invitation that Anna is registered at a local baby store. I will contact the store to select a gift and have it shipped to your home. I hope you won’t mind keeping it until the date of the baby shower. Thank you for the invitation. I hope you all have a wonderful time honoring Anna and her little bundle of joy. Sincerely, Carolyn Myers -------------- Yes: Dear Mrs. Hollingsworth, We have received and thank you for your invitation to attend Anna’s baby shower. We would be happy to attend! I also think your idea of creating a baby scrapbook for them is a truly wonderful one, and, as requested, I’ve included a few photos of Anna that I was able to locate. Thank you for inviting us to celebrate this special day with all of you. Sincerely, Kelly Peterson

他这样问是想出席。rsvp 就是回复出席。

RSVP means that you must (or should) send in a confirmation that you will attend an event. How you let them know you are coming depends on the event. For example, many wedding invitations will arrive with a response card that you complete and mail back. Generally, you will RSVP by mail, a phone call, email etc. at the time when recieving the invite. You could RSVP in person, but usually it is by another way, but you definitely need to let them know you are coming ahead of the event date.

I don't agree with 'Its literal translation is "Please respond", but this is not its true meaning in English usage.'. The meaning depends on context. In an invitation, if you write 'RSVP', it does mean 'please respond [to my invitation]'. In the sentence in your heading, it is different. In that context, it means 'write to accept or decline your invitation'. In other words 'Please come to my event - RSVP to xxx' - means 'I invite you, and want you to reply/respond [in writing] to xxx to say if you are coming or not'. Can I still RSVP? Means can I still write to accept or decline your invitation? RSVP is in common use in formal invitations, and would be well understood here in my country.