hobnob

verb

1. （尤指同有钱有名望的人）过从甚密，亲近；巴结
   to spend a lot of time with sb, especially sb who is rich and/or famous

1. VERB （尤指和权贵人物）厮混，过从甚密
   If you disapprove of the way in which someone is spending a lot of time with a group of people, especially rich and powerful people, you can say that he or she is hobnobbing with them.
   1. This gave Bill an opportunity to hobnob with the company's president, board chairman, and leading executives.
      这使得比尔有机会和公司的总裁、董事长以及那些主要行政主管们厮混在一起。

1. This gave Bill an opportunity to hobnob with the company's president, board chairman, and leading executives.
   这使得比尔有机会和公司的总裁、董事长以及那些主要行政主管们厮混在一起。
2. She has been invited to hobnob with entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley, to speak to science fiction writers, to advise Hollywood on science-themed movies.
   她经常被企业家们邀请去硅谷演讲，参与科幻小说作家的畅谈，以及为好莱坞科学电影提供科学咨询。
3. Do the unfamiliar molecular experiment is not my greatest fear, few chance to hobnob with the nature is.
   我不太怕做自己非常不熟悉的分子生物学实验，我怕的是没有机会去认识植物和亲近他们。
4. Because this was Xia Te, we just wanted to hobnob with it and know it I don't want to use the word of Conquer.
   因为这里是夏特，我们只想亲近它和了解它（我很忌讳用“征服”二字）。
5. I used to hobnob with the rich and famous.
   我过去常与富有而又著名的人交往。
6. Carlos: We haven't lost a thing except the chance to hobnob with a bunch of unhappy snobs.
   我们失去的只是与不开心的势利鬼交往的机会。
7. I know when I can't rely on the law any more and beyond that I need to hobnob.
   我知道，当无法再依靠法律时，我必须去打通关系。
8. China is edging away from wholehearted diplomatic support and even Russia now thinks it prudent to hobnob with the leader of Syria's main opposition front.
   中国现在已经不再全心全意支持叙利亚了，并且就连俄罗斯现在也认为跟叙利亚反对力量的主要领导者进行交谈才是谨慎之举。
9. Hobnob with the rich [ the powerful] Good communication and people skill.
   与有钱人[有权势的人士]亲密地交往良好的沟通能力和人际交往能力。
10. During the growth years of the 1960s and 1970s, corporations sought independence in R& D. Public service anti-corruption rules made it difficult for academics to hobnob with business people.
    在上世纪六七十年代的经济增长时期，日本企业纷纷寻求研发上的独立性。公共部门的反腐规定让学者很难和商界人士密切交流。
11. Tom and his friends used to hobnob in the bar.
    汤姆常和朋友在酒吧里欢饮。
12. Function: Hobnob with skin in sleeping and remould natural repairing function, release nutrition and antioxidants at night, keep skin away gloomy and spot, give skin healthy and gloss the next day.
    功效：亲近熟睡中的肌肤，重塑肌肤天然修复机能，于夜间源源释放养分与抗氧化物，让肌肤远离黯沉、色斑困扰，赋予肌肤第二天所需的健康光泽。

verb

1. rub elbows with
   1. He hobnobs with the best of society