social

英 ['səʊʃl] 美 ['soʊʃl]

• adj. 社会的；社会阶层的；群居的；社交的；好交际的；合群的
• n. 社交聚会；社会保障

双解释义

adj. (形容词)

1. 社会的

   of human society, its organization, or quality of life

2. 交际的

   of or spent in time or activities with friends

详尽释义

adj. 形容词

1. 社交的，社交界的，交际的，联谊的，喜欢交际的
2. 社会的，社会上的，社会性的
3. 上流社会的，上流阶层的，社会地位的，一定社会阶层的
4. 合群的，过集体生活的
5. 社会福利的
6. 【动】群居的
7. 【植】丛生的
8. 【史】同盟国间的

n. 名词

1. 联谊会，联欢会，社交聚会，交谊舞会，晚会

英英释义

Noun:

1. a party of people assembled to promote sociability and communal activity

Adjective:

1. relating to human society and its members;

   "social institutions"
   "societal evolution"
   "societal forces"
   "social legislation"
   

2. living together or enjoying life in communities or organized groups;

   "a human being is a social animal"
   "mature social behavior"
   

3. relating to or belonging to or characteristic of high society;

   "made fun of her being so social and high-toned"
   "a social gossip colum"
   "the society page"
   

4. composed of sociable people or formed for the purpose of sociability;

   "a purely social club"
   "the church has a large social hall"
   "a social director"
   

5. tending to move or live together in groups or colonies of the same kind;

   "ants are social insects"
   

6. marked by friendly companionship with others;

   "a social cup of coffee"
   

例句

用作形容词 (adj.)

1. Her research is centred on the social effects of unemployment.
   她的研究课题是失业对社会的影响。
2. Many social services are still provided by voluntary societies in our city.
   在我们的城市，许多社会服务仍然是有志愿团体提供的。
3. Social divisions in the city are stark.
   城市里各社会阶层有明确的分野。
4. Mrs Brown is known as a social climber.
   布朗太太是有名的趋炎附势的人。
5. Most bees and wasps are social insects.
   大多数蜜蜂和黄蜂都是群居昆虫。
6. We are invited to a small social gathering.
   我们被邀请参加一个小型社交聚会。
7. She is social without being frivolous.
   她善于交际,但举止不轻浮。
8. He's not a very social person.
   他不很合群。

用作名词 (n.)

1. They are living on the social now.
   他们现在靠社会保障金维持生活。

常见句型

用作形容词 (adj.)

用作定语

～+ n.

1. Please tell me some opinions on various social questions.
   请告诉我关于各种社会问题的意见。
2. People of different social classes came to the meeting.
   不同社会阶层的人参加了这次会议。
3. He was a person of wide social relationships.
   他是一个有广泛社会关系的人。
4. Our firm has a good social club.
   我们公司有一个很好的交谊俱乐部。

用作表语

S+be+～

1. I feel very social this evening.
   今晚我很想同别人交际应酬。

经典引文

• Nathan was..very much the social animal. He liked people, and he liked to be liked.

  出自： T. Lilley

词汇搭配

用作形容词 (adj.)

～+名词

• social gathering 社交集会
• social system 社会制度
• social practice 社会实践

词源解说

• ☆ 1505年进入英语，直接源自中古法语的social；最初源自古典拉丁语的socialis，意为联合的，与别人共同生活的。

近反义词

【近义词】

• group

【反义词】

• unsocial 不合群的