party
party1
(pl. -ies)
be party (或a party) to
party2
adjective
(pl. -ies)
- 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。 - 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。
■a group of people taking part in a particular activity or trip, especially one for which they have been chosen
队，组，群 - 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。
■(informal)a person, especially one with specified characteristics
(非正式)人
an old party has been coming in to clean.
一个老人已在赶来打扫卫生。
- [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！。
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。
- 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
party2
adjective
- (Heraldry)divided into parts of different tinctures
(纹章)分割开的，分成不同颜色部分的
party per fess, or, and azure.
按照中带和/或青色分开的。
- Middle English (in the sense 'particoloured'): from Old French parti 'parted', based on Latin partitus 'divided into parts' (from the verb partiri)
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