【情景再現】

剛到公司的凱瑟琳對環境不太熟悉，跟同事接觸也不多。同事們談笑時，她總是在一旁默默做事。一個友好的同事勸他：“it's important for you to rub elbows with everyone."凱瑟琳聽后很疑惑，為什么要和同事交流還要接觸他們的手肘呢，她決定問一問同事

Colleague：I think you should communicate with all the colleges. It's important for you to rub elbows with everyone.
同事：我覺得你應該跟同事們都交流一下。與大家接觸接觸是很重要的

Catherine：what do you mean?do i have to touch others' elbows in order to communicate with them?
凱瑟琳：什么意思啊 ？難道要和同事交流我還要接觸他們的手肘么？

Colleague：no.“It's important for you to rub elbows with everyone”simply means that it's important for you to communicate with others.
同事：不是啊 。“it's important for you to rub elbows with everyone”就是指跟同事交流很重要的

Catherine: Oh I see.thank you for your advice.
凱瑟琳：我明白了。謝謝你的建議。

【小編的小喇叭】

It's important for you to rub elbows with everyone. 與大家接觸接觸是很重要的

rub是“摩擦”的意思 elbow是“手肘”的意思。從字面上看，rub elbows with sb.是“摩擦別人的手肘”的意思 它的引申義是“與某人挨很近”那也就是說出去和別人多多接觸和交際。所以It's important for you to rub elbows with everyone的意思就是與大家接觸接觸是很重要的。這句話的用法很廣泛，比如對于剛剛入職的新同事，你就可以對他說這句話，說不定會消除他們的緊張與拘束呢。

【情景劇】

Carl：it is difficult for me to communicate with my colleagues.i'm too shy.
卡爾：與同事交流對我來講好難啊 。我太害羞了。

Amanda：It's important for you to rub elbows with everyone.that's how contacts are made.
阿曼達：與大家接觸接觸是很重要的，關系就是這樣建立起來的

背景音樂：Never say never

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