After all, what is your hosts' purpose in having a party? Surely not for you to enjoy yourself; if that were their sole purpose, they'd have simply sent champagne and women over to your place by taxi.
?? 名句詞匯解析
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n. 意志;目的;作用;（進(jìn)行中的）行動;
vt. 有意;打算;企圖（做）;決意（做）;
?? pur始終+pose放→始終放的東西→目的，意圖
"We spoke to little purpose — his mind was clearly made up already."
我們說的話幾乎不起作用,他顯然已下定決心了.
近義：intend, consider, appoint, ascribe, denote, designate
pron. 你自己;（用以加強(qiáng)語氣）親自;你的正常或健康的情況;
?? your你的+self自己 → 你自己
"De-stress yourself with a relaxing bath."
舒舒服服洗個(gè)澡放松一下。
近義：herself, himself, itself, oneself, themselves, thyself
adj. 單獨(dú)的;惟一的;專有的，獨(dú)占的;
n. 鞋底;有…底的 -soled;腳底;鰨（可食用比目魚）;
vt. 給（鞋）換底;
?? sol單獨(dú)+e→單獨(dú)的，唯一的
"Her sole aim is personal aggrandizement."
她唯一的目的就是擴(kuò)大個(gè)人權(quán)勢。
近義：resole, flounder, one, only, single, unique
adv. 簡單地，樸素地;（引出概括或解釋）不過，僅僅;簡直;<非正>實(shí)在;
?? sim一次 + ply 折疊 →折一次 → ad.簡單地；樸素地
"The clock is simply for ornament; it doesn't work any more."
這架時(shí)鐘純屬擺設(shè)，它再也不走了。
近義：just, merely, only, purely, solely, but
反義：elaborately, painfully, wearisomely, challengingly, hardly
n. 出租車;滑行;
vi. 乘出租車;（指飛機(jī)）在地面或水面滑行;
vt. 用出租車運(yùn)送;使滑行;
?? taxi- 【拉丁傳入法語】表”里程表和計(jì)價(jià)器”
"The hotel porter will get you a taxi."
旅館的門衛(wèi)會給你叫出租車的。
近義：taxicab, cab, hack
n. 社交聚會;黨，黨派;當(dāng)事人;同類，伙伴;
v. 為…舉行社交聚會;為…請客;參加社交聚會;
adj. 政黨的，黨派的;社交的，聚會的;共有的，共同的;
?? 派對(諧音): 聚會{開party} 部分(part)丫頭(y) 集會組 黨
"the adversarial nature of the two-party system"
兩黨制的對抗性
近義：roister, carouse, celebrate, feast, revelry, bash
反義：bore