socialize
verb (UK usually socialise) uk/ˈsəʊ.ʃəl.aɪz/ us/ˈsoʊ.ʃə.laɪz/
(GO OUT)
B2 [ I ]参加社交活动，交际
to spend time when you are not working with friends or with other people in order to enjoy yourself
I tend not to socialize with my colleagues. 我不想与我的同事交往过多。
I hope Adam's actually doing some work at college - he seems to spend all his time socializing! 我希望亚当在大学里确实花了些工夫在学业上——他似乎把时间都用在了社交上面！
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- They're content to socialize with a very small circle of people.
- We're usually too tired to socialize during the week.
- I don't tend to socialize with my colleagues much.
- I've been socializing for the last two weeks.
(TRAIN)
[ T ]使合群;使适应社会生活
to train people or animals to behave in a way that others in the group think is suitable
Here at the school we make every effort to socialize these young offenders. 在这所学校里，我们努力使这些青少年罪犯适应社会生活。