my aunt unexpectedly returned one afternoon with a party of guests and instructed Bessie to prepare dinner.
一天下午，她出其不意地回来了，带来一大批客人，吩咐贝西准备晚饭。
新概念英语第三册
Lesson 49 The ideal servant
📚 句中词汇解析
从本句中提取的重要词汇
n. 下午;后期，后部;
💡 after之后+noon中午 → 午后，下午
"in the late afternoon"
傍晚
近义：evening, p.m., postmeridian
反义：awakening, sunrise, dawn, daybreak, forenoon, matinal
vt. 准备;预备（饭菜）;配备;使（自己）有准备;
vt.& vi. 筹备，进行各项准备工作;做好思想准备;作出，制订;锻炼（身体等），训练;
💡 pre预先+pare准备→预先准备好
"He had failed to prepare adequately for the task before him."
他没有为面临的任务做充分的准备.
近义：apparel, ready, rig, saddle, capacitate, adapt
反义：impair, jumble, mess, muss, overset, overturn
n. 阿姨;姨母，姑妈;舅妈;婶娘;
💡 aunt发音=ant: 姨妈反过来读就是蚂蚁 蚂蚁（ant）中也有（u） 阿姨
"My aunt lives in Canada."
我的姑母住在加拿大。
近义：auntie, aunty
adv. 想不到的, 突然的, 意外的, 出乎意料的
近义：impromptu, improvidently, inadvertently, abruptly, offhand, short
反义：heedfully, knowingly, preparedly, prudently, vigilantly, watchfully
n. 社交聚会;党，党派;当事人;同类，伙伴;
v. 为…举行社交聚会;为…请客;参加社交聚会;
adj. 政党的，党派的;社交的，聚会的;共有的，共同的;
💡 派对(谐音): 聚会{开party} 部分(part)丫头(y) 集会组 党
"the adversarial nature of the two-party system"
两党制的对抗性
近义：roister, carouse, celebrate, feast, revelry, bash
反义：bore