court ball meaning in English

宫廷舞会

According to them , if only metternich , rumyantsev , or talleyrand had , in the interval between a leve and a court ball , really taken pains and written a more judicious diplomatic note , or if only napoleon had written to alexander , i consent to restore the duchy to the duke of oldenburg , there would have been no war
因此，只要在皇帝出朝和招待晚会时，梅特涅鲁缅采夫好好作一番努力，把公文写得更巧妙些，或者拿破仑给亚历山大写上一封信： monsieur ， mon frre ， je consens rendre le duch au due doldenbourg ，战争就不会发生了。