词汇精选：feast的用法和辨析
一、详细释义：
n.
盛会，宴会 [C]
例句：
The king and queen always have minstrel play at their feast.
国王和王后总是要音乐家在宴会上表演。
例句：
He gave cheerfulness to the feast by pleasant talk.
他谈笑风生，给宴会带来愉快的气氛。
宗教节日 [C]
例句：
The feast remembers the Biblical tale in which Jesus was taken to the temple to be circumcised.
这个节日是为了纪念圣经传说中耶稣被带入神庙进行割礼。
例句：
Christmas is an important feast for Christians.
圣诞节是基督徒的重要节日。
享受，赏心乐事 [C]
例句：
The scene was a feast for the eyes.
这场景真令人赏心悦目。
例句：
A contented mind is a perpetual feast.
知足常乐。
v.
大吃大喝，享用美食 [I]
例句：
Feast today and fast tomorrow.
今朝大吃大喝，明日忍饥挨饿。
例句：
The poor starve and the rich feast.
穷人挨饿，富人吃喝。
款待，宴请 [T]
例句：
Jack felicitates his brainstorm to feast them.
杰克庆幸自己灵机一动想到宴请他们。
例句：
He feasted his friends.
他设宴款待朋友。
（得到）享受 [I,T]
例句：
We feasted our eyes on the mountain scene.
我们尽情欣赏山景。
二、词义辨析：
banquet,feast,dinner,party
这些名词均有“宴会”之意。banquet指正式而盛大的宴会或国宴。feast指筵席酒席，有时可与banquet换用，但前者强调共享欢乐的气氛。dinner普通用词，含义广。本义指一日的主餐，但多用于指宴请客人的正式的一餐。party指一般的社交聚会，也引申指宴请或宴会。
三、相关短语：
love feast
n.友好聚餐
feast day
n. 节日,斋日,宗教节日
四、参考例句：
Feast for the senses.
感官的盛宴。
Feast today and fast tomorrow.
今朝大吃大喝，明日忍饥挨饿。
Christmas is an important feast for Christians.
圣诞节是基督教徒的重要节日。
After the feast the prince belched hugely.
筵席之后王子猛打嗝。
We gave him a farewell feast yesterday.
我们昨天为他举行了告别宴会。
Jack felicitates his brainstorm to feast them.
杰克庆幸自己灵机一动想到宴请他们。
The king held a feast for us.
国王为我们举行了盛大的宴会。
We really enjoyed the wedding feast.
我们非常享受婚宴。
The poor starve while the rich feast.
穷人饥肠辘辘，富人大吃大喝｡
At the feast there was food and drink in abundance.
宴会上有丰富的饮食。
