ceremonies

Around the middle of the first decade in the 21st century , media coverage2 of large , glittery celebrity3 events such as the Oscar and BAFTA awards ceremonies suddenly started making effervescent reference to the after-party , an eagerly anticipated relaxing and drinking session taking place after the main event .

在2005年左右，媒体对奥斯卡和BAFTA等有大批明星出席的颁奖典礼的报道突然对典礼之后的小聚会产生了浓厚的兴趣，这种聚会通常都很受期待，在主要活动结束后供众人放松饮酒闲聊。

Medal ceremonies are also an important part of the Games .

颁奖典礼也是奥运会的一个重要组成部门。

The ceremony lasted two hours and we had to stand throughout .

仪式进行了两个小时，我们自始至终都得站着。

Live pictures of the ceremony were beamed around the world .

典礼经实况转播传到世界各地。

The ceremony was transmitted live by satellite to over fifty countries .

典礼通过卫星向五十多个国家进行了实况转播。

Please don 't stand on ceremony with me .

请别跟我讲客套。

The wedding preparations take weeks but the actual ceremony takes less than an hour .

准备婚礼要几周，而婚礼仪式本身还不到一小时。

All the top brass was / were at the ceremony .

所有要员都出席了典礼。

All the local clergy were asked to attend the ceremony .

所有当地的圣职人员都获邀参加这项仪式。

The President was represented at the ceremony by the Vice-President .

副总统代表总统出席了这次庆典。

The ceremony went off without a hitch .

仪式进行得很顺利。

The President left his sickbed to attend the ceremony .

总统带病去出席那个仪式。

The European anthem was played at the opening and closing ceremonies .

欧洲颂歌在开幕式和闭幕式上演奏。

He found himself pushed without ceremony out of the house and the door slammed in his face .

他被毫不客气地推出了屋子，门砰的一声当着他的面关上了。

The ceremony is a survival from pre-Christian times .

这种仪式是从公元前遗留下来的。

We can speculate that the stone circles were used in some sort of pagan ceremony .

我们可以推测，这些石头排成的圆圈是用于某种异教崇拜仪式的。

He was unable to come to the ceremony , but he sent his son to accept the award in his place .

他不能亲自来参加仪式，但派了他儿子前来代他领奖。

The ceremony was an ordeal for those who had been recently bereaved .

这个仪式对于那些新近丧失亲友的人来说是一种折磨。

Troops raised the country 's colors in a special ceremony .

部队在一个特殊的仪式上升起了国旗。

Lots of people don 't bother to go through a marriage ceremony these days

如今很多人不再费心思举行婚礼。

The Republic was proclaimed in public with great ceremony .

共和国在公开场合非常隆重地宣布成立。

He was also alleged to have conducted black magic ceremonies

据称他还做了法。

' Is Hilton here ? ' she asked without ceremony .

“希尔顿在吗？”她随口问道。

In a moment the ceremony was in train

仪式马上就要开始了。

Today 's award ceremony took place at the British Embassy in Tokyo .

今天的颁奖典礼在英国驻东京大使馆举行。

She wouldn 't want to put them through the ordeal of a huge ceremony

她不想让他们参加大型仪式受罪。

She was told to present herself at the Town Hall at 11.30 for the induction ceremony

她被告知于11点30分在市政厅参加就职仪式。

In the old days , they would paint and tattoo their bodies for ceremonies

过去，他们举行各种仪式前会在身上进行彩绘、文身。

They expected him to participate in the ceremony

他们希望他参加典礼。

Pressure built yesterday for postponement of the ceremony

要求推迟仪式的压力昨天进一步增大。