party

banquet, feast, dinner, party

meeting, conference, gathering, party

• the students had a class meeting last friday.
  上周五学生们开了一次班会。
• the summit meeting of the state heads came to an end two days later.
  州官员间的峰会多持续了两天才结束。

• many reporters came to attend the press conference.
  许多记者出席了这次媒体见面会。
• the annual conference of geologists will be held in chicago this year.
  地质学家们的年会明年将于芝加哥举行。

• a public gathering was held in zhongshan park on may day.
  五月一日中山公园有过一次公众集会。

• mary and i were invited to jane’s birthday party the other day.
  那天我和玛丽应邀参加了珍妮的生日聚会。

名词 party:

1. an organization to gain political power
   同义词：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
   同义词：company
4. a group of people gathered together for pleasure
5. a person involved in legal proceedings

动词 party:

1. have or participate in a party

1. It's a pity that you can't come to the party.
   你不能来参加这次聚会，真可惜。
2. The Labour party went out in 1980.
   工党於1980年下野。
3. He disobeyed his mother and went to the party.
   他不听母亲的劝告，参加了那次聚会。
4. It is a pity that you missed the party.
   你未能参加聚会，真是遗憾。
5. She's a member of the Communist Party.
   她是共产党员。
6. When does the birthday party take place?
   生日庆祝会什么时候举行？
7. He was admitted to the Party last year.
   他去年入党了。

par.ty

n.（名词）
【复数】 par.ties

A social gathering especially for pleasure or amusement:
宴会，聚会，派对：尤指为消遣或娱乐的社交聚会：
例句：
a cocktail party.
鸡尾酒会

A group of people who have gathered to participate in an activity.See Synonyms at band 2
一群人，队伍：聚在一起参加一项活动的一群人参见 band2
An established political group organized to promote and support its principles and candidates for public office.
政党，党派：组建起来用以宣传和支持其原则以及帮助候选人竞选政治职务的政治团体

A person or group involved in an enterprise; a participant or an accessory:
参与者，同谋者：包含在一个企业内的人或团体；参与者或同谋：
例句：
I refuse to be a party to your silly scheme.
我拒绝参与你愚蠢的计划

Law A person or group involved in a legal proceeding as a litigant.
【法律】 诉讼当事人：作为诉讼当事人而卷入一起法律诉讼的人或团体

A subscriber to a telephone party line.
对方：合用电话线路的用户
A person using a telephone.
打电话者
A person:
人：
例句：
.And though Grainger was a spry old party, such steps couldn`t be his.(Anthony Hyde)
.即使格雷杰是个老当益壮之人，他也不可能采取这样的行动.(安东尼·海德)

A selected group of soldiers:
军团：精选一组士兵：
例句：
a raiding party.
突袭队

Slang
【俚语】
An act of sexual intercourse.
性行为
An orgy.
狂欢
adj.（形容词）
Of, relating to, or participating in an established political organization:
政党的，党派的：已确立的政治组织的、与之有关的或参与这种组织的：
例句：
party members; party politics.
党员；党派政治

Suitable for use at a social gathering:
适用于宴会的：适于在社交聚会上使用的：
例句：
party dresses; a party hat.
宴会服；礼帽

Characteristic of a pleasurable social gathering:
欢乐的：具有娱乐性社会聚会特征的：
例句：
a party atmosphere.
欢乐的气氛

v.intr.（不及物动词）
par.tied,par.ty.ing,par.ties 【非正式用语】
To celebrate or carouse at or as if at a party:
狂欢痛饮，开庆祝宴会：在或似乎在宴会上举行庆祝或痛饮：
例句：
That night we partied until dawn.
那晚我们痛饮到天亮

来源：
Middle English partie [part, side, group]
中古英语 partie [方，边，队]
from Old French [from feminine past participle of] partir [to divide]
源自 古法语 [] 源自partir的阴性过去分词 [分开]
from Latin partore
源自 拉丁语 partore
from pars part- [part] * see part
源自 pars part- [部分] *参见 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 用作指一项社会活动的参与者是很常见的， 如她不是这一阴谋的参与者。 正是这一意义构成了这一词的法律用法，如人们说及 parties to a contract 。 这种法律用法反过来又使得这一词出现在许多固定的短语中，如injured party 和 third party。 但party 也被广泛地用于对 person 的泛称， 如在所有将包裹放在桌子上的人请来认领他们的东西。 这种用法已确立了许多个世纪，但在维多利亚时代，它开始与受过部分教育的人的语言联系起来（牛津英语词典 把它描述为.三句话不离本行的.）， 并且它已成为后来许多批判家批评的对象。Party 的这一用法由于话务员的经常采用而被强化了。 在其它的上下文中，当用于严肃的场合时，它可以被视作是person 不必要的变体。 但这一词诙谐的用法确立已久，尤其在提及如一个精明的老人 时