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be sociable
形容词作表语，形容人开朗合群、喜欢与人交往。
She is very sociable and loves meeting new people.
她非常善于交际，喜欢结识新朋友。
联谊会；社交聚会
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联谊会；社交聚会
a social gathering or party
She is very sociable and loves meeting new people.
她非常善于交际，喜欢结识新朋友。
好交际的人。
A sociable person.
为促进社交和集体活动而聚集的人群聚会
a party of people assembled to promote sociability and communal activity
双人并排骑行的自行车或三轮车。
A bicycle or tricycle for two persons side by side.
带有弯曲S形靠背的长沙发。
A couch with a curved S-shaped back.
My neighbor is very sociable and often invites the whole street to her backyard parties.
我的邻居非常好交际，经常邀请整条街的人去她家后院参加聚会。
Although he is shy at first, he becomes quite sociable once he feels comfortable.
虽然他一开始很害羞，但一旦感到自在，就会变得非常爱社交。
A sociable person enjoys talking to new people and making friends easily.
一个合群的人喜欢和新认识的人交谈，也容易交到朋友。
形容词作表语，形容人开朗合群、喜欢与人交往。
She is very sociable and loves meeting new people.
她非常善于交际，喜欢结识新朋友。
形容词作定语修饰名词，常形容人或动物合群。
He is a sociable person who easily makes friends.
他是个善于交际的人，很容易交到朋友。
名词用法，指社交聚会，为可数名词。
We attended a sociable at the community center.
我们在社区中心参加了一场社交聚会。
Not this
She has good sociable skills.
Use this
She has good social skills.
sociable 指人“好交际的、友善的”，不用于修饰技能、活动等抽象名词；表示“社交的、与社会交往有关的”应用 social。social skills 是固定搭配，意为“社交技能”，故应把 sociable 换成 social。
Not this
She is a sociable.
Use this
She is a sociable person.
sociable 作形容词用时不能直接当名词指代人；其名词义为“联谊会、社交聚会”，而非“好交际的人”。要表达“她是一个好交际的人”，需在形容词后加上被修饰的名词 person。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
好交际的人；合群的人
She is a sociable person who makes friends easily.
她是个好交际的人，很容易交到朋友。
好交际的性格
His sociable nature makes him popular at work.
他好交际的性格使他在工作中很受欢迎。
乐于与…交往；与…合得来
He is sociable with his colleagues and clients.
他乐于与同事和客户交往。
友好合群的
The new neighbors are friendly and sociable.
新邻居友好又合群。
愉快的社交夜晚
We spent a sociable evening with friends.
我们和朋友们度过了一个愉快的社交夜晚。
教堂联谊会
The church held a sociable after the Sunday service.
教堂在周日礼拜后举办了一场联谊会。
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记法：联想 social（社交）的发音与词义，sociable 就是爱社交、好交际的。
语域：neutral 常见场景：community gatherings、social parties 这个名词义项（社交聚会）在现代英语中较少使用，通常见于社区或团体活动的描写；日常口语中一般不这样用。
No common exact rhyme for /ˈsoʊʃəbəl/. The -able words share the spelling chunk -able (pronounced /əbəl/ as an unstressed suffix), but their stressed vowels differ. 'social' is a lookalike at the start but ends in /ʃəl/, not /ʃəbəl/, so it does not rhyme.
Dictionary facts from DICTIONARY_API_DEV, ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.