1）n. 接受，接纳 reception ＝ party give a warm reception to sb. 热情的接待某人 2）n. [常用单数] 接待处 Wait for me at the reception. 在接待处等我。 reception desk 服务台 3）n. 执行会，欢迎会，宴会（文中的意思） hold a wedding reception 举行婚宴
['sə:kl] 1）圆，圆周，圆形空间 Use your compasses to draw a circle. 用你的圆规画个圆。 ['kʌmpəsis] 2）一圈…… a circle of hills 环山 We sat in a circle. 我们坐成一圈 [词汇扩展] square 正方形 triangle 三角形 3)(有共同兴趣，职业等的人形成的）圈子，阶层，界 have a large circle of friends 交友广泛 in business circles 在商业界 4) v.转,旋转,回旋,盘旋 The airplane circled over our farm. 飞机在我们的农场上空盘旋
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Jeremy Hampden has a large circle of friends and if very popular at parties. Everybody admires him for his great sense of humour -- everybody, that is, except his six-yearold daughter, Jenny. Recently, one of Jeremy's closest friends asked him to make a speech at a wedding reception. This is the sort of thing that Jeremy loves. He prepared the speech carefully and went to the wedding with Jenny. he had included a large number of funny stories in the speech and, of course, it was a great success. As soon as he had finished, Jenny told him she wanted to go home. Jeremy was a little disappointed by this but he did as his daughter asked. On the way home, he asked Jenny if she had enjoyed the speech. To his surprise, she said she hadn't. Jeremy asked her why this was so and she told him that she did not like to see so many people laughing at him!
