"They're family parties, big open house-y kind of parties with lots of cookies too many cookies and punch and eggnog.

VOA: special.2009.12.28

And the terms of the expression change, the parties to the conflict change, the sights change, but the controversy goes on.

也许人们对这种冲突的表述有所改变，利益双方有所改变，文化景观有所改变，但这种争议永远存在。

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

I mean parties are fun, but there's not too much time to party, not too much time for study.

我是说派对很有意思，但是我们没有很多时间去玩，也没有很多时间去学习。

派对很好玩 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

In this way, William Jennings Bryan was able to run for president at the head of two separate political parties.

VOA: special.2010.07.01

The Roman Senate, in the late part of the Republic-- yes--started dividing itself into two sort of parties; not official parties, but factions.

罗马元老院，共和国晚期。。。,分裂为两个派;,不是正规党派，只是小派系。

耶鲁公开课 - 新约课程节选

Bits of paper called "confetti" are often used at parties, so Hailey chose a festive word for her festive music.

VOA: special.2009.12.18

I don't think I have a clearly defined position which makes me different from some parties to the dispute, whether it's political or cultural or religious.

但我不认为自己有一个特定的立场,将我和其他人区分开来，无论是从政治上，文化上还是宗教上。

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

Public protest was so great that both parties in the eighteen eighty-eight elections promised to pass a federal law against trusts.

VOA: special.2010.06.03

And that...which itself is a function of... who is in power and who was then in power and what type of parties they are in... you know, sort of ruling parties.

只要政府能做出措施就好。,不管前后任的执政者是谁,他们所属的是哪个党派。,谁是执政党。

普林斯顿公开课 - 国际座谈会课程节选

The results from last Saturday's elections show Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's coalition won a strong victory over Shi'ite religious parties.

VOA: special.2009.02.07

These political clubs or parties use their influence to incense the populous using their power to whip up dangerous passions that tend to make American politicians closer to demagogues than to statesmen.

用他们的权力激怒群众,用他们的权力激起危险的热情,致使美国政治家,趋近于蛊惑民心的政客,而非政治家。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

Some parents take their children's birthday parties very seriously, even when the child is too young to fully understand the celebration.

VOA: special.2009.09.11

But the people that he visited when he was snatching huge roasts off the table at the fancy parties in London commented on these facial ticks that he had that would bend his face.

不过,那些在伦敦的豪华宴会上,目睹他大快朵颐的人评价说,他脸部的抽搐使其面目扭曲

耶鲁公开课 - 欧洲文明课程节选

Members take part in campus activities and volunteer work, and may also live and go to parties at Greek houses.

VOA: special.2009.08.07

Yeah, so, kids usually go to parties at least, you know, usually around 3 or 4 days a week.

好，所以，孩子们通常至少每周有三四天都去派对。

派对很好玩 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

It was a party of protest, formed by men who refused to support either of the two old parties.

VOA: special.2010.06.03

They used to play cards, I'm sure. And they invited him to their homes for all their parties.

我相信他们经常在一起打牌,他们也请他到家中参加聚会。

麻省理工公开课 - 电影哲学课程节选

Her wastepaper basket was full of empty envelopes that had carried invitations to lunches, dinners, and theater parties.

VOA: special.2009.01.31

So you get this image of her as this stereotypical '50s housewife going to Tupperware parties.

从这里你能看到一个典型的去特百惠派对的50年代,家庭主妇的形象。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

Both parties -- the Whigs and the Democrats -- had the same number of senators on the committee.

VOA: special.2009.03.05

A forward contract is a contract made between two parties for execution in the future.

期货合约是指双方按约定,在未来某一日进行交割结算的合同

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

Both parties agreed to make no proposal for Britain to join the sixteen countries that use the euro.

VOA: special.2010.05.14

It was fun. There were parties.

大学生活很丰富，派对不断。

哈佛公开课 - 幸福课课程节选

They decided that some parents were under too much social pressure to plan costly parties for their children.

VOA: special.2009.09.11

that it could be blown out of proportion and misused by the principal or by third parties.

那么事态可能会扩大，安乐死的做法会被主要相关人员和第三方滥用。

对于安乐死的看法 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

Finally,the two parties agreed to form an electoral committee to decide who had won the disputed votes.

VOA: special.2010.03.04

Let me give you one other anecdote that I can't resist. This is the kind of thing you can use at cocktail parties to impress your friends from Harvard. OK.

让我再告诉一个秘密吧,这事儿在鸡尾酒会上,你能用来唬唬,哈佛的那帮人，好。

麻省理工公开课 - 计算机科学及编程导论课程节选

The picture it paints of life in America at that time -- the parties,the automobiles, the endless fields of waste -- are unforgettable.

VOA: special.2010.11.28

meaning like, most, a lot of students just stay on campus or go to parties on campus,

所以，很多学生空闲时就待在学校内，或者是参加校园内的聚会，

耶鲁奖学金获得者 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

Okay. So I don't go to a lot of parties but I have been to a few.

好。我不怎么常去派对，但是有去过几个。

不能错过的派对 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人