现在常听到“最近很多social”或者描述一个人“很social““很不social’，但其实这样的用法在英语里是错误的。

Social adj. 社会的；社交形式的

Social events: 社交活动 

Social gatherings：社交聚会 

Lots of social events/gatherings: 很多社交活动、社交聚会 

A busy social calendar: 社交日历繁忙 

An active social life: 社交生活活跃 

There're lots of social gatherings around Chinese New Year.

快到春节了，社交聚会特别多。

形容人：sociable/动词：socialize

Someone is sociable. 

I'm not a very sociable person.

我不是很擅长交际。

He's super sociable.

他是个社牛。

I used to love to socialize, but I don’t like doing too much socializing now. 

我以前很喜欢交际，但现在不那么多了。

应酬

entertain v. 应酬、招待 

entertainment n. 娱乐 

Entertain guests/clients: 招待客人、应酬、招待客户

I need to do a lot of entertaining for my job.

我工作经常要招待应酬。

吃吃喝喝

wine 红酒；v.喝酒 dine v.吃饭；用餐 

Wining and dining

To wine and dine

There’s a lot of wining and dining at the end of the year.

年底有很多吃喝应酬。

To wine and dine clients.

招待客户。

Don't forget to wine and dine your friends.

别忘了请你朋友们吃顿好的。

聚会、组局

Gather: v. 相聚、聚会 

Gathering: n. 聚会、聚餐 

To gather with friends: 跟朋友聚聚 

End-of-year gatherings: 年底聚会 

Going to a gathering: 去参加一场聚会 

Family gathering: 家庭聚会、家庭聚餐 

I look forward to family gatherings this Chinese New Year.

我期待过年跟家人团聚。

见个面 meet/meet up

I'm meeting a couple of coworkers for drinks later. 

我晚点儿会跟几个同事出去喝几杯。

It's been too long. We should meet up! 

我们太久没见了，应该见个面！ 

I met up with some old college friends last week. 

我上周见了大学老同学。

业务、工作应酬 Function n.

I have a bunch of work functions next month.

我下个月有好几个工作应酬。

The restaurant is closed to public due to a private function. 

饭店今天不对外营业，因为有私人宴会。