1 N-COUNT 政党；党派 A party is a political organization whose members have similar aims and beliefs. Usually the organization tries to get its members elected to the government of a country. 政党；党派
2 N-COUNT 聚会；派对 A party is a social event, often in someone's home, at which people enjoy themselves doing things such as eating, drinking, dancing, talking, or playing games. 聚会；派对
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The couple met at a party.
那对情侣是在一个派对上认识的。
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We threw a huge birthday party.
我们举办了盛大的生日聚会。
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Most teenagers like to go to parties.
大多数青少年喜欢参加派对。
SYN get-together [informal] , celebration, do [informal] , social
3See also:dinner party garden party hen party stag party
4 VERB 尽情欢乐；纵情狂欢 If you party, you enjoy yourself doing things such as going out to parties, drinking, dancing, and talking to people. 尽情欢乐；纵情狂欢
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They come to eat and drink, to swim, to party. Sometimes they never go to bed. [VERB]
他们来吃喝、游泳、狂欢，有时都不睡觉。
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After a long evening of partying he looked tired. [VERB]
纵情狂欢了一夜后，他看起来累了。
SYN celebrate, have fun, have a good time, enjoy yourself
5 N-COUNT 群；伙；批 A party of people is a group of people who are doing something together, for example travelling together. 群；伙；批
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They became separated from their party.
他们和伙伴们分开了。
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...a party of sightseers. [+ of]
一群观光客
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...a research party of scientists.
科学家组成的研究团队
6See also:search party working party
7 N-COUNT （法律协议或辩论中的）一方 One of the people involved in a legal agreement or dispute can be referred to as a particular party. （法律协议或辩论中的）一方 [law]
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It has to be proved that they are the guilty party.
必须证明他们是过错方。
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...he was the injured party.
他是受害方。
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...a court, the decision of which may not satisfy either party.
所作判决可能无法令任何一方满意的法庭
SYN litigant, defendant, participant, contractor [law]
9 PHRASE 参与，参加（行动或协议） Someone who is a party to or is party to an action or agreement is involved in it, and therefore partly responsible for it. 参与，参加（行动或协议）
Quotations
A party is like a marriage ... making itself up while seeming to follow precedent Jay McInerney Brightness Falls
Under democracy, one party always devotes its chief energies to trying to prove that the other party is unfit to rule: and both commonly succeed, and are right H.L. Mencken
| Word Partnership | Use party with: |
| VERB. | form a party, join a party, vote for a party 1 attend/go to a party, have/host/throw a party, invite someone to a party 2 |
| N. | party officials, opposition party, party platform 1 birthday party, victory party 2 wedding party 4 |
| ADJ. | governing party, political party 1 responsible party 5 |
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