dinner parties

So, large community meals might have served to lubricate social connections and alleviate tensions. Much like dinner parties today.

因此，大规模集体聚餐的目的可能是为了巩固社会关系和减轻矛盾，就和现今的晚宴一样。

It is also the sort of thing that would have made an interesting talking point at dinner parties.

这也是在朋友聚会时，可以作为茶余饭后趣谈的主题。

As I missed all the dinner parties at Barry's, she invited me to eat at her home also with another Chinese girl.

这个英语角每个月都组织一次聚餐，不幸的是我都错过了。后来Jennifer就请我还有另外一个中国女生去家里吃饭。

He began sporadically hosting bug dinner parties, gatherings of friends and friends of friends.

他开始偶尔举办昆虫餐聚会，也就是朋友和朋友的朋友们的聚会。

But as most people in the United States have no servants, their dinner parties at home are decidedly informal.

但因为大多数美国人都没有仆人，所以他们在家中的晚宴都是非正式的。

Mann went fishing, bought sculptures and threw dinner parties for a small set of friends.

曼恩会去钓鱼，买一些雕刻品，为数量不多的一伙朋友们办个宴会。

Gifts are expected for social events, especially as a "thank-you" for private dinner parties or overnight stays in someone's home.

社交活动是要送礼物的，尤其是参加私人晚宴或是在别人家借宿时，应送礼物以示感谢。

Thanks to Brissenden, his black suit was out of pawn and he was again eligible for dinner parties.

谢谢布里森登，他的黑礼服已经从当展赎了出来，他又有资格参加晚会了。

Water rationing during the dry spell put a damper on activities from dish-intensive dinner parties to car washes and bubble baths.

天气干旱，供水实行配给制，盘子堆积如山的晚宴、洗车和泡泡浴这样的耗水活动有所收敛。

A GOOD way to be unpopular at dinner parties is to praise the British railway system.

想要在饭桌上聚会上不受欢迎，夸赞英国的铁路系统是个好办法。

It was the late 1950s, and not only were Americans buying lots of new homes, they were hosting dinner parties with mood music.

1950年代末期，美国人不仅购买了许多新房子，而且他们喜欢在轻松的音乐中举行晚餐派对。

Even after Prohibition was repealed she served only beer at her private dinner parties, and hated to do that.

即使在“禁酒令”被取消以后，她的私人宴会也只是上些啤酒，就连这样的事情也使她讨厌。

Relationships blossom in non-networking, low stress, situations (dinner parties and social settings) because nothing is expected.

虚拟网络，低压力，晚会和社会性的接触是人际关系发展的兴旺期，因为在这种交往中你不曾期望什么。

One oft-cited sign of the housing market's top: when dinner parties are dominated by stories about fast profits on flipped condominiums.

住房市场到达顶点时的一个广为引用的标志是：宴会到处听到的是如何投资购买公寓大赚其钱的故事。

He is a laureate of corruption, and his friends have introduced him at dinner parties as a writer of pornography.

他是描写腐败的行家里手，而他的朋友则在晚宴上称他是色情写手。

She lived a pampered life of cocktails and dinner parties, never telling her secrets.

她的生活奢侈，有鸡尾酒，还有晚宴，但从来不提她的秘密。

After fancy dinner parties, people liked to take off some of their clothes and show off their tattoos.

丰盛的晚宴过后，人们喜欢将部分衣物脱掉，展示自己的刺青。

Dinner parties tend to be smaller events and are, therefore, more intimate.

晚餐聚会往往是一些较小的活动，因而气氛更融洽。

When fellow guests at dinner parties start competing over "horror stories" about their family holidays, I generally stay quiet.

当宾朋们开始在宴会上竞相讲述家庭假日的“恐怖故事”时，我通常都会保持沉默。

I usually write my books at home with a cup of tea and leave far from all kinds of dinner parties, that's happy.

我日常家中写作一杯清茶远离各种饭局，快乐！