- [countable]
(especially in compounds 尤用于构成复合词 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 晚餐/茶/鸡尾酒会 - at a party
I was at a birthday party for my friend's five-year-old daughter. 我在参加我朋友五岁女儿的生日聚会。 to have/throw/give a party 举行/举办/举行聚会 to hold/host a party 举办/主持聚会 Did you go to the party? 你去参加聚会了吗？ party games 联欢会游戏
Extra ExamplesTopics Religion and festivalsa1By 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. 聚会上主人面临的主要任务是让人们感到舒适。 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. 这是聚会上很好的小吃。 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. 我们举行了一个小型聚会来庆祝。 She attended a wedding anniversary party for her mother- and father-in-law. 她参加了公公婆婆的结婚周年派对。 They host a Christmas party every year for all the neighbours. 他们每年为所有的邻居举办圣诞晚会。 They went to a New Year's Eve party held at Planet Hollywood in New York City. 他们去了纽约好莱坞星球举行的新年晚会。 We occasionally hold informal parties. 我们偶尔举行非正式聚会。 She's planning a surprise party for her boyfriend. 她正在为她的男朋友计划一个惊喜聚会。 He loves throwing lavish parties. 他喜欢举行豪华聚会。 I'm organizing an engagement party for my sister. 我正在为我妹妹组织一个订婚派对。 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? 你要去汤姆的告别派对吗？ They met at a friend's wedding party. 他们在一个朋友的婚礼上相遇。 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. 学期的最后一天有一种真正的聚会气氛。
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
- (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? 你属于某个政党吗？ 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 政党领袖/会议 a party member/activist/official 党员/活动家/官员
Collocations Politicssee also all-partyPolitics 政治 Power 权力 - create/form/be the leader of a political party
创建／组建／领导政党 - gain/take/win/lose/regain control of Congress
获得／失去／夺回对国会的控制权 - start/spark/lead/be on the brink of a revolution
发起／引发／领导一场革命；革命一触即发 - be engaged/locked in an internal power struggle
参与／陷入内部权力斗争 - lead/form a rival/breakaway faction
领导／组建反对派／分裂派 - seize/take control of the government/power
夺取／接手对政府／政权的控制权 - bring down/overthrow/topple the government/president/regime
推翻政府／总统／政权 - abolish/overthrow/restore the monarchy
废除／推翻／恢复君主制 - establish/install a military dictatorship/a stable government
建立军事独裁／稳定的政府 - be forced/removed/driven from office/power
被迫离职／下台；被免职／赶下台 - resign/step down as party leader/an MP/president/prime minister
辞去政党领袖／议员／总统／总理的职位 - enter/retire from/return to political life
开始／退出／重回政治生涯
Political debate 政治辩论 - spark/provoke a heated/hot/intense/lively debate
引发激烈的辩论 - engage in/participate in/contribute to (the) political/public debate (on/over something)
参与（关于某事的）政治／公开辩论 - get involved in/feel excluded from the political process
参与／感觉被排挤出政治进程 - launch/start/lead/spearhead a campaign/movement
发起／领导一场运动 - join/be linked with the peace/anti-war/feminist/civil rights movement
参与和平／反战／女权／民权运动；与和平／反战／女权／民权运动有联系 - criticize/speak out against/challenge/support the government
批评／公开反对／质疑／支持政府 - lobby/put pressure on the government (to do something)
游说／施压于政府（去做某事） - come under fire/pressure from opposition parties
受到来自反对党的抨击／压力
Policy 政策 - call for/demand/propose/push for/advocate democratic/political/land reform(s)
呼吁／强烈要求／提议／敦促／倡导民主／政治／土地改革 - formulate/implement domestic economic policy
制定／执行国内经济政策 - change/influence/shape/have an impact on government/economic/public policy
改变／影响政府／经济／公共政策 - be consistent with/be in line with/go against/be opposed to government policy
符合／违背政府政策 - reform/restructure/modernize the tax system
改革／重组／革新税收制度 - privatize/improve/deliver/make cuts in public services
私有化／改善／提供／削减公共服务 - invest (heavily) in/spend something on schools/education/public services/(the) infrastructure
在学校／教育／公共服务／基础设施上投入（大量）资金 - nationalize the banks/the oil industry
使银行／石油产业国有化 - promise/propose/deliver/give ($80 billion in/significant/substantial/massive) tax cuts
承诺／提议／兑现／实行（800 亿美元／大幅度的）减税 - a/the budget is approved/ (especially North American English) passed by parliament/congress
预算经议会／国会通过
Making laws 制定法律 - have a majority in/have seats in Parliament/Congress/the Senate
在议会／国会／参议院中占多数席位／占有席位 - propose/sponsor a bill/legislation/a resolution
提交议案／法规／决议 - introduce/bring in/draw up/draft/adopt/pass a bill/a law/legislation/measures
推出／提出／拟定／起草／采用／通过议案／法律／法规／措施 - amend/repeal an act/a law/legislation
修正／废除法案／法律／法规 - veto/vote against/oppose a bill/legislation/a measure/a proposal/a resolution
否决／投票反对／反对议案／法规／措施／提议／决议 - get/require/be decided by a majority vote
获得／需要多数票；由多数票决定
Extra ExamplesTopics Politicsb1From 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. 澳大利亚四大政党中的三个支持这一变革。 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. 他是一个成功的政治家，不隶属于任何一个主要政党。 He has been criticized from within his own party. 他受到了自己党内的批评。 How is that going to go down with the right wing of the party? 这怎么会被党的右翼所接受呢？ 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. 执政党在最近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年成为该党领袖。 This bitter dispute finally split the party. 这场激烈的争论最终导致了该党的分裂。 He called the vote in a disastrous attempt to unite the party. 他称这次投票是团结该党的灾难性尝试。 He founded his own party, the LPF. 他建立了自己的政党，LPF。 They formed a radical opposition party, the National Movement. 他们成立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. 他们自称是工人阶级的政党。 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重视。 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. 首相受到党内忠诚分子的欢呼。 She continued to be loyal to the party leadership. 她继续忠于党的领导。 He denied that he had ever been a Nazi party member. 他否认自己曾是纳粹党成员。 The cost of party membership is relatively high. 入党成本比较高。 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
- …
- [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. 剧院对超过10人的聚会打九折。 a rescue/wedding/hunting party 营救/婚礼/狩猎聚会
Extra ExamplesThe table was taken by a party of six. 这张桌子被一个六人小组占据了。 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. 一小群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. 这艘船接待了许多游客，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·库克率领他的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了。 Some of the party wanted to turn back. 党内有些人想回头。 One of the men in our party volunteered to go for help. 我们队里的一个人自愿去寻求帮助。 A guide travelled with our party. 一位导游和我们一行人一起旅行。 It was time for us to join rest of the coach party. 是我们加入教练聚会的时候了。 The visiting party included city dignitaries. 来访的客人包括城市的显要人物。 A landing party was sent ashore. 一个登陆队被送上岸。 The hunting party came across a bear in the forest. 狩猎队在森林里遇到了一只熊。 He landed a small scouting party on the island and named it Sri Lanka. 他在岛上建立了一个小型侦察队，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，冒险进入敌人的领土。 The wedding party climbed into the carriages. 婚礼队伍爬进了车厢。 A rescue party immediately set off by boat. 一个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被抢劫。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- boarding
- hunting
- landing
- …
- party of
- [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满意。
Extra ExamplesTopics Discussion and agreementc1, Opinion and argumentc1, Law and justicec1First 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
- …
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）
bring something to the party/table