schmoozing
present participle ofschmooze
单词 | schmoozing |
释义 | schmoozing present participle ofschmooze schmooze verb[I] informaluk/ʃmuːz/us/ʃmuːz/totalkinformallywith someone,especiallyin a way that is notsincereor towinsomeadvantagefor yourself: Hespenttheentireeveningschmoozingwiththesenator. Praising insincerely or too eagerly
Examplesofschmoozingschmoozing In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Many of the city's schmoozers are retired men who frequently return to catch up on theirschmoozing. From theCambridge English Corpus We do not want this public relationsschmoozing; we want a proper debate. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 He was also said to be often gruff and impatient withschmoozing. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Gibbs assumed responsibility for shaping the campaign message, responding to the 24/7 news cycle,schmoozingwith the press and fighting back when he disagreed with its reporting. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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