banquet, feast, dinner, party

meeting, conference, gathering, party

• the students had a class meeting last friday.
  上周五學(xué)生們開了一次班會。
• the summit meeting of the state heads came to an end two days later.
  州官員間的峰會多持續(xù)了兩天才結(jié)束。

• many reporters came to attend the press conference.
  許多記者出席了這次媒體見面會。
• the annual conference of geologists will be held in chicago this year.
  地質(zhì)學(xué)家們的年會明年將于芝加哥舉行。

• a public gathering was held in zhongshan park on may day.
  五月一日中山公園有過一次公眾集會。

• mary and i were invited to jane’s birthday party the other day.
  那天我和瑪麗應(yīng)邀參加了珍妮的生日聚會。

名詞 party:

1. an organization to gain political power
   同義詞：political party
2. an occasion on which people can assemble for social interaction and entertainment
3. a band of people associated temporarily in some activity
   同義詞：company
4. a group of people gathered together for pleasure
5. a person involved in legal proceedings

動詞 party:

1. have or participate in a party

1. It's a pity that you can't come to the party.
   你不能來參加這次聚會，真可惜。
2. The Labour party went out in 1980.
   工黨於1980年下野。
3. He disobeyed his mother and went to the party.
   他不聽母親的勸告，參加了那次聚會。
4. It is a pity that you missed the party.
   你未能參加聚會，真是遺憾。
5. She's a member of the Communist Party.
   她是共產(chǎn)黨員。
6. When does the birthday party take place?
   生日慶祝會什么時(shí)候舉行？
7. He was admitted to the Party last year.
   他去年入黨了。

par.ty

n.（名詞）
【復(fù)數(shù)】 par.ties

A social gathering especially for pleasure or amusement:
宴會，聚會，派對：尤指為消遣或娛樂的社交聚會：
例句：
a cocktail party.
雞尾酒會

A group of people who have gathered to participate in an activity.See Synonyms at band 2
一群人，隊(duì)伍：聚在一起參加一項(xiàng)活動的一群人參見 band2
An established political group organized to promote and support its principles and candidates for public office.
政黨，黨派：組建起來用以宣傳和支持其原則以及幫助候選人競選政治職務(wù)的政治團(tuán)體

A person or group involved in an enterprise; a participant or an accessory:
參與者，同謀者：包含在一個(gè)企業(yè)內(nèi)的人或團(tuán)體；參與者或同謀：
例句：
I refuse to be a party to your silly scheme.
我拒絕參與你愚蠢的計(jì)劃

Law A person or group involved in a legal proceeding as a litigant.
【法律】 訴訟當(dāng)事人：作為訴訟當(dāng)事人而卷入一起法律訴訟的人或團(tuán)體

A subscriber to a telephone party line.
對方：合用電話線路的用戶
A person using a telephone.
打電話者
A person:
人：
例句：
.And though Grainger was a spry old party, such steps couldn`t be his.(Anthony Hyde)
.即使格雷杰是個(gè)老當(dāng)益壯之人，他也不可能采取這樣的行動.(安東尼·海德)

A selected group of soldiers:
軍團(tuán)：精選一組士兵：
例句：
a raiding party.
突襲隊(duì)

Slang
【俚語】
An act of sexual intercourse.
性行為
An orgy.
狂歡
adj.（形容詞）
Of, relating to, or participating in an established political organization:
政黨的，黨派的：已確立的政治組織的、與之有關(guān)的或參與這種組織的：
例句：
party members; party politics.
黨員；黨派政治

Suitable for use at a social gathering:
適用于宴會的：適于在社交聚會上使用的：
例句：
party dresses; a party hat.
宴會服；禮帽

Characteristic of a pleasurable social gathering:
歡樂的：具有娛樂性社會聚會特征的：
例句：
a party atmosphere.
歡樂的氣氛

v.intr.（不及物動詞）
par.tied,par.ty.ing,par.ties 【非正式用語】
To celebrate or carouse at or as if at a party:
狂歡痛飲，開慶祝宴會：在或似乎在宴會上舉行慶祝或痛飲：
例句：
That night we partied until dawn.
那晚我們痛飲到天亮

來源：
Middle English partie [part, side, group]
中古英語 partie [方，邊，隊(duì)]
from Old French [from feminine past participle of] partir [to divide]
源自 古法語 [] 源自partir的陰性過去分詞 [分開]
from Latin partore
源自 拉丁語 partore
from pars part- [part] * see part
源自 pars part- [部分] *參見 part

Party is unexceptionable when used to refer to a participant in a social arrangement, as inShe was not named as a party in the conspiracy. It is this sense that underlies the legal use of the term,as when one speaks of theparties to a contract. The legal use has in turn led to the presence of the word in many fixed expressions,such asinjured party and third party. Butparty is also widely used as a general substitute for person, as inWould all parties who left packages at the desk please reclaim their property. This usage has been established for many centuries,but in the Victorian era it came to be associated with the language of the semieducated(theOxford English Dictionary describes it as .shoppy.), and it has been the subject of many later criticisms.This use ofparty may have been reinforced by its modern adoption by telephone operators. In other contexts,when used in earnest,it may be perceived as a superfluous variant forperson. But the jocular use of the term is well established,particular in references such asa wise old party.
Party 用作指一項(xiàng)社會活動的參與者是很常見的， 如她不是這一陰謀的參與者。 正是這一意義構(gòu)成了這一詞的法律用法，如人們說及 parties to a contract 。 這種法律用法反過來又使得這一詞出現(xiàn)在許多固定的短語中，如injured party 和 third party。 但party 也被廣泛地用于對 person 的泛稱， 如在所有將包裹放在桌子上的人請來認(rèn)領(lǐng)他們的東西。 這種用法已確立了許多個(gè)世紀(jì)，但在維多利亞時(shí)代，它開始與受過部分教育的人的語言聯(lián)系起來（牛津英語詞典 把它描述為.三句話不離本行的.）， 并且它已成為后來許多批判家批評的對象。Party 的這一用法由于話務(wù)員的經(jīng)常采用而被強(qiáng)化了。 在其它的上下文中，當(dāng)用于嚴(yán)肅的場合時(shí)，它可以被視作是person 不必要的變體。 但這一詞詼諧的用法確立已久，尤其在提及如一個(gè)精明的老人 時(shí)