舉行了一場歡送會以紀念瓊斯先生。

A farewell meeting was held in honor of Mr Jones.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 舉行 xíng to hold (a meeting, ceremony etc)
=2 le
  1. (completed action marker)
  2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)
  3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
=2 liǎo
  1. to finish
  2. (used with or after a verb to express (im)possibility, as in 忘不了 wàngbuliǎo "cannot forget")
  3. (literary) (usually followed by a negative such as or ) completely (not); entirely (not); (not) in the least
  4. to understand clearly (variant of liǎo)
=2 liǎo
  1. (of eyes) bright
  2. clear-sighted
  3. to understand clearly
=2 liào unofficial variant of liào
3
  1. one
  2. single
  3. a (article)
  4. as soon as
  5. entire; whole; all; throughout
  6. "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1)
  7. also pr. yāo for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
=4 cháng
  1. threshing floor
  2. classifier for events and happenings: spell, episode, bout
=4 chǎng
  1. large place used for a specific purpose
  2. stage
  3. scene (of a play)
  4. classifier for sporting or recreational activities
  5. classifier for number of exams
5 歡送會 huānsònghuì farewell party
=6 old variant of
=6 old variant of
=6 abbr. for Israel 以色列 liè
=6
  1. to use
  2. by means of
  3. according to
  4. in order to
  5. because of
  6. at (a certain date or place)
7 紀念 niàn
  1. to commemorate; to honor the memory of
  2. memento; keepsake; souvenir
8 瓊斯 Qióng Jones (name)
=9 先生 xiānsheng
  1. teacher
  2. gentleman; sir; mister (Mr.)
  3. husband
  4. (dialect) doctor

classifier:

=9 先生 xiānshēng
  1. (dialectal) traditional Chinese medicine physician
  2. (literal, Classical) one who was born earlier
  3. (literary) Taoist priest
  4. (literary) ancestor
  5. (literary) father and elder brother
  6. An honorific for adults, usually conferred on males: mister; sir; gentleman
  7. Taoist priest
  8. ancestor
  9. father and elder brother
  10. husband
  11. one who was born earlier
  12. traditional Chinese medicine physician