(pl. -ies)
1
- a social gathering of invited guests, typically involving eating, drinking, and entertainment社交聚会, 派对：
an engagement party.
订婚宴会。
2
- a formally constituted political group, typically operating on a national basis, that contests elections and attempts to form or take part in a government党, 党派, 政党：
draft the party's election manifesto.
起草该党的竞选宣言。
2.1
- a group of people taking part in a particular activity or trip, especially one for which they have been chosen队, 组, 群。
3
- a person or people forming one side in an agreement or dispute（协议或争论的）一方, 当事人：
a contract between two parties.
双方间的一个合同。
3.1
- informal a person, especially one with specified characteristics〈非正式〉人：
an old party has been coming in to clean.
一个老人一直来打扫卫生。
(-ies, -ied)no obj.
- informal enjoy oneself at a party or other lively gathering, typically with drinking and music〈非正式〉尽情欢乐, 欢宴：
put on your glad rags and party!
穿上你的晚礼服尽情欢乐吧！
短语
be party（或a party）to
- be involved in参与, 参加：
the manipulations I'd been party to.
我曾经参与过的那些操作。
词源
Middle English （denoting a body of people united in opposition to others, also in sense 2）： from Old French partie, based on Latin partiri 'divide into parts'. Sense 1 dates from the early 18th cent.