He had a disconcerting habit of offering jobs to people he met at dinner parties.

　　他有個令人不安的習慣，就是會把工作許給宴會上認識的人。

　　He was got up in striped trousers and a dinner jacket.

　　他用心裝扮自己，穿上了條紋褲和無尾禮服。

　　She began to concoct a dinner likely to appeal to him.

　　她開始烹制很可能會使他喜歡的飯菜。

　　After dinner, we parked ourselves on a pair of couches.

　　吃完飯，我們在一對長沙發上坐下。  The kitchen had once been the school dinner ladies' empire.

　　這廚房一度是學校食堂女服務員們的天下。

　　Peter cooked dinner — fillet steak and champagne, no less.

　　彼得做了飯——居然還有里脊扒和香檳酒。

　　Dinner was a bowl of soup and a cold platter.

　　晚餐有一碗湯和一個冷盤。