爱华网【英语词汇】
表示“聚会”、“集会”的名词
party、gathering、assembly、rally
佳中
party指社交聚会或以娱乐为目的的聚会。
1）It is a pity that you missedtheparty.
你未能参加聚会，真是遗憾。
2）Mother alwayslashes out food for the children's party.
孩子们聚会时，母亲总是给他们许多吃的。
3）Jim appeared a fewminutes before the end of the party.
吉姆在晚会结束前几分钟才露面.
4）We were reallyliving it up at John's housewarming party last night.
在昨晚庆祝约翰乔迁之喜的晚会上，我们玩得很痛快。
gathering多指非正式的聚会。
1）Those old classmates had agathering in the coffeehouse.
那些老同学聚会在咖啡屋举行聚会。
2）We were often invited toattend the gatherings by the hospitable local
inhabitants.
我们经常受邀参加当地热情好客的居民举行的聚会。
3）We had a grand social gathering last Sunday.
上星期天，我们举行了一次社交界的盛会.
4）It was an informal affair,rather like a gathering of a large and happy
family.
这就象一个幸福的大家庭的团聚, 是不拘礼节的聚会。
assembly指为某一特定目的聚集在一起的集会。
1）Today, all walks of life in manycities held public assembly toceremoniously
commemorate this historicdate.
今天，许多城市的各界人士集会隆重纪念这一历史性的日子。
2）The governments of many countries prohibit unlawfulassembly in public.
不少国家的政府禁止在公众场合举行非法集会。
rally指参加人数众多，在露天举行的集会。
1）Therally was out of hand and the police were called in torestoreorder.
群众性集会失控,警察被请来恢复秩序。
2）Thousands of people held a rally at the square to protestagainst the
government’s defencepolicy.
数千人在广场举行聚会抗议政府的防务政策。
3）The young herdsmen all rode over to attend therally.
年轻的牧民都骑马来参加大会。
4）The Saturday night rally in the stadium was rained out.
星期六晚上体育场举行的集会场因天下雨而取消了。
