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| /ˈpɑːti/ |
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| 1 | a social event at which people meet to celebrate something or to have fun by eating and drinking , dancing , playing games etc 聚会；集会 |
| Are you going to Sally’ s birthday party? 你要去参加萨莉的生日聚会吗？ |
| There’ s going to be a party to celebrate the completion of the project. 将会举办一次聚会来庆祝工程的完工。 |
| give/have/throw/host a party (for sb/sth) We’ re having a big party for our twenty-fifth wedding anniversary. 我们将为结婚25周年纪念举办一场盛大的宴会。 |
| a farewell party (=when someone leaves a place) It’ s Jane’ s farewell party on Friday night. 欢送会 |
| a surprise party It was his birthday and I’ d planned a surprise party for him. 那天是他的生日，我已经计划好为他举办聚会给他一个惊喜。 |
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| 2 | an organized group of people who have similar ideas about the way in which a country should be governed, and who work together to try to persuade people to vote for them in electionscan be followed by a singular or plural verb 党，党派（后可接动词的单数或复数形式） |
| the two main political parties 两大主要政党 |
| a lifelong member of the Conservative party 保守党的终身党员 |
| an opposition/a ruling party The opposition parties had benefited from the problems of the ruling party. 反对党们从执政党的问题中受益。 |
| | 2a | belonging to or connected with a political party 党的；政党的 | | party members/policy 党员/政党的政策 | | the former party chairman 前任党主席 | | the party faithful (=the members who always support a party) measures that have angered the party faithful 政党的中坚分子 | |
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| 3 | a group of people who are going somewhere together , or who are all involved in the same activitycan be followed by a singular or plural verb （同路或参加同一活动的）队，伙，组（后可接动词的单数或复数形式） |
| a rescue party 一支营救队伍 |
| a coach party touring the Lake District 一支参观五大湖区的教练队伍 |
| +of a party of tourists 一队游客 |
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| 4 | formal a person or group involved in something such as an agreement or disagreement , especially a contract or legal case , with another person or group （契约或争议中的）一方，当事人（尤指在合同或法律案件中） |
| +to the parties to the 1930 agreement 订立1930年协议的各方 |
| an interested party The planning team will announce details next week at a meeting for interested parties. 计划小组将于下周在会议上向有关各方宣布细节。 |
| | 4a | the person who is responsible or not responsible for something wrong or illegal that has been done 有罪的/无罪的一方 | |
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| - | (a) party to sth formal
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| involved in a particular activity , especially something criminal or dishonest |
| 参与某事（尤指犯罪或欺诈） |
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| I felt certain she was a party to his deception. 我觉得她肯定是他欺诈行为的同谋。 |
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