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Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary
- social [ 'soʃəl] [ 'səuʃəl]
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1.
adjective
社会（性）的
- social conscience
- 社会意识
- social problems
- 社会问题
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2.
adjective
过集体生活的
- man as a social being
- 作为社会生物的人
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3.
adjective
社交界的，上流阶层的
- a social event
- 社交界的一次活动
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4.
adjective
好交际的，易亲近的
- a social nature
- 喜欢交际的性格
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5.
adjective
（涉及）社交的
- a social club
- 联谊会
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6.
adjective
（涉及）社会福利的；（从事）社会福利工作的
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7.
adjective
（好）群居的
- The ant is a social insect.
- 蚂蚁是喜群居的昆虫。
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8.
adjective
[rarely used]
同盟国（之间）的
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9.
adjective
[botany]
丛生的
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10.
noun
联欢会，交谊舞会
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1.
adjective
社会（性）的
Collins English-English Dictionary
- social ['səυʃəl]
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1.
adj
living or preferring to live in a community rather than alone
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2.
adj
denoting or relating to human society or any of its subdivisions
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3.
adj
of, relating to, or characteristic of the experience, behaviour, and interaction of persons forming groups
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4.
adj
relating to or having the purpose of promoting companionship, communal activities, etc
- a social club
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5.
adj
relating to or engaged in social services
- a social worker
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6.
adj
relating to or considered appropriate to a certain class of society, esp one thought superior
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7.
adj
(esp of certain species of insects) living together in organized colonies - Compare solitary
- social bees
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8.
adj
(of plant species) growing in clumps, usually over a wide area
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9.
n
an informal gathering, esp of an organized group, to promote companionship, communal activity, etc
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10.
n
[Etymology]
C16: from Latin soci
a lis companionable, from socius a comrade
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1.
adj
living or preferring to live in a community rather than alone
Examples
- The most successful social change campaigns don't just rely on social media alone.
- 最成功的社会变革运动不能只依靠社会性媒体来进行。
- a social agency
- 社会福利机构 → agency
- an epoch of social revolution
- 社会革命的新时代 → epoch
- to erect arbitrary social barriers
- 设置专横的社会屏障 → barrier
- a great social figure
- 社会名人 → figure
- social pressure
- 社会压力 → pressure
- the social scale
- 社会等级 → scale
- social conscience
- 社会意识 → social
- social problems
- 社会问题 → social
- man as a social being
- 作为社会生物的人 → social
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