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social 音标拼音: [s'oʃəl] a. 社会的,社交的,群居的,社会福利的 社会的,社交的,群居的,社会福利的 social adj 1: relating to human society and its members; " social institutions"; " societal evolution"; " societal forces"; " social legislation" [ synonym: { social}, { societal}] 2: living together or enjoying life in communities or organized groups; " a human being is a social animal"; " mature social behavior" [ ant: { unsocial}] 3: relating to or belonging to or characteristic of high society; " made fun of her being so social and high- toned"; " a social gossip colum"; " the society page" 4: composed of sociable people or formed for the purpose of sociability; " a purely social club"; " the church has a large social hall"; " a social director" 5: tending to move or live together in groups or colonies of the same kind; " ants are social insects" 6: marked by friendly companionship with others; " a social cup of coffee" n 1: a party of people assembled to promote sociability and communal activity [ synonym: { sociable}, { social}, { mixer}] Social \ So" cial\, a. [ L. socialis, from socius a companion; akin to sequi to follow: cf. F. social. See { Sue} to follow.] 1. Of or pertaining to society; relating to men living in society, or to the public as an aggregate body; as, social interest or concerns; social pleasure; social benefits; social happiness; social duties. " Social phenomena." -- J. S. Mill. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Ready or disposed to mix in friendly converse; companionable; sociable; as, a social person. [ 1913 Webster] 3. Consisting in union or mutual intercourse. [ 1913 Webster] Best with thyself accompanied, seek' st not Social communication. -- Milton. [ 1913 Webster] 4. ( Bot.) Naturally growing in groups or masses; -- said of many individual plants of the same species. [ 1913 Webster] 5. ( Zool.) ( a) Living in communities consisting of males, females, and neuters, as do ants and most bees. ( b) Forming compound groups or colonies by budding from basal processes or stolons; as, the social ascidians. [ 1913 Webster] { Social science}, the science of all that relates to the social condition, the relations and institutions which are involved in man' s existence and his well- being as a member of an organized community; sociology. It concerns itself with questions of the public health, education, labor, punishment of crime, reformation of criminals, and the like. { Social whale} ( Zool.), the blackfish. { The social evil}, prostitution. [ 1913 Webster] Syn: Sociable; companionable; conversible; friendly; familiar; communicative; convival; festive. [ 1913 Webster] 73 Moby Thesaurus words for " social": affable, affair, amiable, amusing, associated, associational, at home, civic, civil, clubbable, clubbish, clubby, coalitional, collective, collectivistic, common, communal, communicative, communistic, community, commutual, companionable, companionate, compatible, congenial, conjoint, convivial, cooperative, cordial, cosmopolitan, courteous, entertaining, fit for society, fond of society, friendly, gathering, general, genial, get- together, gracious, gregarious, group, hospitable, in common, international, joint, levee, matinee, mutual, national, organizational, pleasant, pleasurable, popular, public, reception, reciprocal, reunion, salon, sexual, sociable, social affair, social gathering, social- minded, socialistic, societal, society, soiree, state, supranational, urbane, venereal, wake
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