informal (also rub elbows with somebody American English)SOCIALIZE to meet and spend time with people, especially rich and famous people 与某人交往〔尤指富人和名人〕
As a reporter he gets to rub shoulders with all the big names in politics.
身为记者,他有机会与所有政界大人物打交道。
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rub shoulders with somebody• As a reporter he gets to rub shoulders with all the big names in politics and the media.• Samuraiwarriors of the Shogunsrubbed shoulders with Eskimos and headhunters.• The great Council House of 1879 and the neo-Classical Town Hallrub shoulders with the bold and modern.• The think-tank will have floristsrubbing shoulders with the chief of Apple Computers.• He shows no urge to rub shoulders with the lower orders but, if anything, a tendency to keep his distance.• But yesterday, possums, Dame Edna Everage revealed that she was fed up with rubbing shoulders with the rich and famous.• The daughter of an itinerantfarmworker, Ward now rubs shoulders with the rich, famous and glamorous.• Voice over Here the stars for the day rub shoulders with the stars of the show.