hobnob
发音
英 [ˈhɒbnɒb]
美 [ˈhɑbnɑb]
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- vi.& n.
- 对酌，共饮，（亲切）交谈
单词词源
hobnob 亲近，巴结
缩写自短语hob and nob,敬酒，你一杯我一杯，来自古英语habban,nabban,对应have,not have.引申词义亲近，巴结。比较willy-nilly.
双语例句
- 1. There are few better ways to boost it than to hobnob with mr obama .
- 除了同奥巴马先生亲切交谈外，没有更好的维护形象的办法。
- 2. Germans like to watch the chancellor hobnob with the world 's most powerful men .
- 德国人喜欢看着他们的总理和全世界最有影响力的男人们之间的亲切会谈。
- 3. Finally , on june 19th , he is to visit britain for several days to hobnob with the prime minister , gordon brown , plus various other politicians and would-be investors .
- 最后，6月19日，他将用几天时间访英，与英国首相戈登布朗、一些不同党派的其他政客及潜在的投资者进行亲切会谈。
- 4. Sensitive to the charge that they would hobnob with hamas , the europeans have suggested inserting palestinian forces loyal to president mahmoud abbas as intermediaries .
- 出于对指责他们会亲近哈马斯的猜忌，欧洲建议忠于民族权力机构主席阿巴斯的巴勒斯坦部队介入其中。