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More than a few of us do not know the difference between black-tie or white-tie events.
但很多人却不知着黑领结或白领结盛会的不同之处。
The Queen arrived at the White House Monday morning and is attending a white-tie dinner tonight. That's the most formal dinner the White House can offer.
女王在星期一的早晨到达白宫，将于今晚出席系小白领结的晚宴，也是白宫能承办的最正式的晚宴。
Many of the journalists who had been fanning the flames of anger attended a white-tie Gridiron Dinner in Washington on March 21st to perform silly song-and-dance routines.
许多为此煽风点火的记者出席了三月二十一日在华盛顿举办的白领烧烤晚宴，晚宴上表演的无非就是那些愚蠢的载歌载舞的俗套内容。

"You all dress up pretty nice, " he quipped at the end of a long day, when he made a white-tie appearance at the inaugural balls.
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Dinners are enjoyed in white tie and tail-coats.
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A white-tie social occasion is one at which men wear formal clothes including a white bow tie.