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.
📚 名句词汇解析
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n. 意志;目的;作用;（进行中的）行动;
vt. 有意;打算;企图（做）;决意（做）;
💡 pur始终+pose放→始终放的东西→目的，意图
"We spoke to little purpose — his mind was clearly made up already."
我们说的话几乎不起作用,他显然已下定决心了.
近义：intend, consider, appoint, ascribe, denote, designate
pron. 你自己;（用以加强语气）亲自;你的正常或健康的情况;
💡 your你的+self自己 → 你自己
"De-stress yourself with a relaxing bath."
舒舒服服洗个澡放松一下。
近义：herself, himself, itself, oneself, themselves, thyself
adj. 单独的;惟一的;专有的，独占的;
n. 鞋底;有…底的 -soled;脚底;鳎（可食用比目鱼）;
vt. 给（鞋）换底;
💡 sol单独+e→单独的，唯一的
"Her sole aim is personal aggrandizement."
她唯一的目的就是扩大个人权势。
近义：resole, flounder, one, only, single, unique
adv. 简单地，朴素地;（引出概括或解释）不过，仅仅;简直;<非正>实在;
💡 sim一次 + ply 折叠 →折一次 → ad.简单地；朴素地
"The clock is simply for ornament; it doesn't work any more."
这架时钟纯属摆设，它再也不走了。
近义：just, merely, only, purely, solely, but
反义：elaborately, painfully, wearisomely, challengingly, hardly
n. 出租车;滑行;
vi. 乘出租车;（指飞机）在地面或水面滑行;
vt. 用出租车运送;使滑行;
💡 taxi- 【拉丁传入法语】表”里程表和计价器”
"The hotel porter will get you a taxi."
旅馆的门卫会给你叫出租车的。
近义：taxicab, cab, hack
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