sociable
adjective /ˈsəʊʃəbl/
/ˈsəʊʃəbl/
(also less frequent social)
- (of people
) enjoying spending time with other people人 synonym gregarious好交际的;合群的;友好的 - She's a sociable child who'll talk to anyone.
她是个合群的孩子,跟谁都有话说。 - I'm not feeling very sociable this evening.
今晚我不大想跟人应酬。 - We had a very sociable weekend (= we did a lot of things with other people).
我们大伙过了一个十分热闹的周末。 - The hours are not very sociable in this job (= you have to work early, late, at the weekend, etc.).
这份工作的时间不太适合社交。
词源mid 16th cent.: from French, or from Latin sociabilis, from sociare ‘unite’, from socius ‘companion’. - She's a sociable child who'll talk to anyone.