par·ty
noun/ˈpɑːti/
/ˈpɑːrti/
(plural parties)
Idioms - [countable] (especially in compounds) a social occasion, often in a person’s home, at which people eat, drink, talk, dance and enjoy themselves
聚会；宴会；联欢会；派对 - a dinner/tea/cocktail party
晚宴；茶会；鸡尾酒会 - at a party I was at a birthday party for my friend's five-year-old daughter.
我参加了朋友女儿的五岁生日聚会。 - to have/throw/give a party
开派对 - to hold/host a party
举办/主办聚会 - Did you go to the party?
你去参加聚会了吗？ - party games
联欢会游戏
Wordfindersee also after-party, bachelor party, bachelorette party, block party, bottle party, cocktail party, costume party, dinner party, garden party, hen party, house party, kitty party, office party, slumber party, stag party, street party, tailgate party, tea party, wedding party- anniversary
- birthday
- celebrate
- commemorate
- festivity
- jubilee
- occasion
- parade
- party
- reception
Extra ExamplesTopics Family and relationshipsa1- By now the party was in full swing.
聚会至此已达高潮。 - The main task faced by the host at a party is making people comfortable.
聚会中主持人面临的主要任务是让人们感到舒服。 - I was at a party in London that night.
那天晚上我在伦敦参加一个聚会。 - It's a good snack for serving at parties.
这是聚会时享用的好小吃。 - They were invited to an elegant garden party.
他们被邀请参加一个优雅的花园聚会。 - We had a small party to celebrate.
我们举办了一个小型聚会来庆祝。 - She attended a wedding anniversary party for her mother- and father-in-law.
她参加了婆婆和公公的结婚周年纪念聚会。 - They host a Christmas party every year for all the neighbours.
他们每年都会为所有邻居举办圣诞晚会。 - They went to a New Year's Eve party held at Planet Hollywood in New York City.
他们去参加了在纽约市好莱坞星球举办的除夕派对。 - We occasionally hold informal parties.
我们偶尔会举办非正式聚会。 - She's planning a surprise party for her boyfriend.
她正计划为她的男朋友举办一个惊喜派对。 - He loves throwing lavish parties.
他喜欢举行豪华聚会。 - I'm organizing an engagement party for my sister.
我正在为我姐姐组织一个订婚派对。 - He gave a dinner party for some old friends.
他给一些老朋友办了个宴会。 - On moving in they threw a huge house-warming party.
他们一搬来就举办了一个盛大的乔迁聚会。 - She turned up at her fiancé's bachelor party.
她在未婚夫的单身汉聚会上现身。 - The girls were having a slumber party.
姑娘们正在开睡衣派对。 - They attended the launch party for the new film.
他们出席了这部新电影的首映会。 - We had a farewell party for Michelle when she left the company.
米歇尔离开公司时，我们为她举办了欢送会。 - Are you going to Tom's leaving party?
你要去参加汤姆的告别派对吗？ - They met at a friend's wedding party.
他们是在朋友的婚礼上认识的。 - She danced on the table at her own retirement party.
她在自己的退休聚会上在桌子上跳舞。 - She is a hard-drinking, non-stop party girl.
她是一个拚命喝酒、马不停蹄的派对女孩。 - There was a real party atmosphere on the last day of term.
学期的最后一天，这里充满了真正的聚会气氛。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- surprise
- impromptu
- lavish
- …
- give
- have
- hold
- …
- go on
- be in full swing
- break up
- …
- guest
- girl
- at a/the party
- party for
- a dinner/tea/cocktail party
- (also Party)[countable + singular or plural verb] a political organization that you can vote for in elections and whose members have the same aims and ideas
政党；党派 - Do you belong to a political party?
你加入哪个政党了吗？ - the ruling/opposition party
执政党；反对党 - the Democratic/Republican/Conservative/Labour Party
民主党；共和党；保守党；工党 - the party leader/conference
党的领导人／会议 - a party member/activist/official
党员；政党的活动家／官员
Collocations PoliticsPoliticsPowersee also all-party- create/form/be the leader of a political party
- gain/take/win/lose/regain control of Congress
- start/spark/lead/be on the brink of a revolution
- be engaged/locked in an internal power struggle
- lead/form a rival/breakaway faction
- seize/take control of the government/power
- bring down/overthrow/topple the government/president/regime
- abolish/overthrow/restore the monarchy
- establish/install a military dictatorship/a stable government
- be forced/removed/driven from office/power
- resign/step down as party leader/an MP/president/prime minister
- enter/retire from/return to political life
- spark/provoke a heated/hot/intense/lively debate
- engage in/participate in/contribute to (the) political/public debate (on/over something)
- get involved in/feel excluded from the political process
- launch/start/lead/spearhead a campaign/movement
- join/be linked with the peace/anti-war/feminist/civil rights movement
- criticize/speak out against/challenge/support the government
- lobby/put pressure on the government (to do something)
- come under fire/pressure from opposition parties
- call for/demand/propose/push for/advocate democratic/political/land reform(s)
- formulate/implement domestic economic policy
- change/influence/shape/have an impact on government/economic/public policy
- be consistent with/be in line with/go against/be opposed to government policy
- reform/restructure/modernize the tax system
- privatize/improve/deliver/make cuts in public services
- invest (heavily) in/spend something on schools/education/public services/(the) infrastructure
- nationalize the banks/the oil industry
- promise/propose/deliver/give ($80 billion in/significant/substantial/massive) tax cuts
- a/the budget is approved/ (especially North American English) passed by parliament/congress
- have a majority in/have seats in Parliament/Congress/the Senate
- propose/sponsor a bill/legislation/a resolution
- introduce/bring in/draw up/draft/adopt/pass a bill/a law/legislation/measures
- amend/repeal an act/a law/legislation
- veto/vote against/oppose a bill/legislation/a measure/a proposal/a resolution
- get/require/be decided by a majority vote
Extra ExamplesTopics Politicsb1- From 1991 new political parties emerged to challenge the governing party.
从 1991 年开始出现了一些新政党挑战执政党。 - Three of Australia's four main political parties supported the change.
澳大利亚四个主要政党中的三个支持这一改变。 - It is unlikely that either of the two main parties will get enough votes to govern alone.
两个主要政党中的任何一个都不太可能获得足够的选票来单独执政。 - He's a successful politician unaffiliated with either major party.
他是一位成功的政治家，不隶属于任何一个主要政党。 - He has been criticized from within his own party.
他受到了党内人士的批评。 - How is that going to go down with the right wing of the party?
党内右翼会如何看待这种情况呢？ - a coalition of centrist and left-wing parties
中间派和左翼政党的联盟 - The incumbent party has won seven out of the last nine elections.
现任党在过去九次选举中赢得了七次。 - The party fears losing its majority.
该党担心失去多数席位。 - The Democratic party now controls the Senate.
民主党现在控制着参议院。 - She was selected as her party's candidate for mayor.
她被选为该党的市长候选人。 - She became leader of the party in 2016.
她于2016年成为该党领导人。 - This bitter dispute finally split the party.
这场激烈的争论最终导致党内分裂。 - He called the vote in a disastrous attempt to unite the party.
他呼吁进行投票，这是一次团结党派的灾难性尝试。 - He founded his own party, the LPF.
他创立了自己的政党——LPF。 - They formed a radical opposition party, the National Movement.
他们组建了一个激进的反对党——民族运动。 - members of the parliamentary party
下院议员 - They are now the majority party in Parliament.
现在在议会中，他们是多数党派。 - They present themselves as the party of the working classes.
他们把自己标榜为工人阶级的政党。 - They want to be taken seriously as a prospective party of government.
他们希望作为未来的政府政党受到认真对待。 - He had strong links with the Communist Party.
他与共产党有着密切的联系。 - The Prime Minister was cheered by the party faithful.
首相受到党内忠实人士的欢呼。 - She continued to be loyal to the party leadership.
她始终忠于党的领导。 - He denied that he had ever been a Nazi party member.
他否认自己曾经是纳粹党员。 - The cost of party membership is relatively high.
入党成本相对较高。 - The most important thing is to maintain party unity.
最重要的是维护党的团结。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- political
- centre/center
- centre-right/center-right
- …
- build
- establish
- form
- …
- come to power
- gain power
- win (something)
- …
- conference
- congress
- convention
- …
- the leader of a/the (…) party
- a member of a/the (…) party
- the left wing of the party
- …
- Do you belong to a political party?
- [countable + singular or plural verb] a group of people who are doing something together such as travelling or visiting somewhere
（一起旅行或参观等的）群，队，组 - The school is taking a party of 40 children to France.
学校将带领一个 40 人的儿童团队前往法国。 - The theatre gives a 10 per cent discount to parties of more than ten.
剧场给十人以上的团体打九折。 - a rescue/wedding/hunting party
救援/婚礼/狩猎派对
Extra Examples- The table was taken by a party of six.
桌子被六人占据了。 - The total bill for our party of five was almost £300.
我们一行五人的总账单将近 300 英镑。 - A small party of four soldiers came into view.
一小队四名士兵出现在视野中。 - She arrived with a party of helpers.
她和一队帮手赶到了。 - The ship hosted a number of visits, including parties of local schoolchildren.
该船接待了多次访问，包括当地学童的聚会。 - In 1863 Mr. Thomas Cook led his first party of tourists to Switzerland.
1863年，托马斯·库克先生率领第一批游客来到瑞士。 - A small party set out from the fort.
一小队人从堡垒出发。 - Some of the party wanted to turn back.
一些人想回头。 - One of the men in our party volunteered to go for help.
我们队伍中的一名男子自愿前去寻求帮助。 - A guide travelled with our party.
一位导游与我们同行。 - It was time for us to join rest of the coach party.
是时候我们加入教练队伍的其他人了。 - The visiting party included city dignitaries.
来访者包括市政府要员。 - A landing party was sent ashore.
一支登陆队被派上岸。 - The hunting party came across a bear in the forest.
狩猎队在森林里遇到了一头熊。 - He landed a small scouting party on the island and named it Sri Lanka.
他在岛上派遣了一支小型侦察队，并将其命名为斯里兰卡。 - The captain told the crew to prepare to receive a boarding party.
船长告诉船员准备接受登船搜查队的检查。 - They formed a raiding party to venture into enemy territory.
他们组成了一支突袭队，冒险进入敌方领土。 - The wedding party climbed into the carriages.
婚礼队伍爬进了车厢。 - A rescue party immediately set off by boat.
救援队立即乘船出发。 - Several members of the England cricket touring party were robbed outside the team hotel.
英格兰板球巡回赛的几名成员在球队酒店外遭到抢劫。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- boarding
- hunting
- landing
- …
- party of
- The school is taking a party of 40 children to France.
- [countable] (formal) one of the people or groups of people involved in a legal agreement or argument
（契约或争论的）当事人，一方 - the guilty/innocent party
有罪的／无罪的一方 - The contract can be terminated by either party with three months' notice.
合同的任何一方如提前三个月通知，均可终止本合同。 - The judge’s decision satisfied most of the parties concerned.
法官的判决令大多数当事人感到满意。
Extra ExamplesTopics Discussion and agreementc1, Opinion and argumentc1, Law and justicec1- First we must notify all the interested parties.
首先，我们必须通知所有当事人。 - This agreement shall be binding upon both parties.
此协议对双方具有约束力。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- guilty
- innocent
- aggrieved
- …
- notify
- be binding on
- bind
- …
- the guilty/innocent party
Word OriginMiddle English (denoting a body of people united in opposition to others, also in sense (1)): from Old French partie, based on Latin partiri ‘divide into parts’. Sense (2) dates from the early 18th cent.
Idioms
be (a) party to something
- (formal) to be involved in an agreement or action
参与，参加（协议或行动） - to be party to a decision
参与作出决议 - He refused to be a party to any violence.
他拒绝参与任何暴力活动。
- to be party to a decision
bring something to the party/table
- to contribute something useful to a discussion, project, etc.
为（讨论、项目等）作出贡献 - What Hislop brought to the party was real commitment and energy.
希斯洛普对党的贡献是他全身心的投入和十足的干劲。
- What Hislop brought to the party was real commitment and energy.