social

Compared meaning: friendly and enjoying company (adjective).

比较义项：善于与人相处、乐于社交（形容词）。

• social 本词

  Broad and fairly neutral; describes people, activities or things connected with spending time in company, often modifying nouns like events, life or skills rather than personality strength directly.

  语气较中性、范围较广；可形容人、活动或与社交有关的事物，常修饰“活动、生活、技能”等名词，而不太直接用来形容性格的强弱。

  She enjoys social events where she can meet new people.

  她喜欢参加社交活动，可以借此结识新朋友。

• outgoing

  Emphasizes a confident, energetic personality that easily starts conversations with strangers; stronger and more assertive than social or sociable, often implying someone leads or livens up a group.

  强调性格自信、精力充沛，容易主动与陌生人攀谈；比social或sociable语气更强、更主动，常暗示此人能带动气氛。

  Her outgoing personality made her popular at every party.

  她外向的性格使她在每场派对上都很受欢迎。

• sociable

  Describes someone friendly and easygoing who enjoys others' company and conversation; warmer and gentler than outgoing, without necessarily implying the confidence to approach strangers first.

  形容为人友善随和、喜欢与他人相处聊天；语气比outgoing更温和，不一定像outgoing那样强调主动结交陌生人的自信。

  He is very sociable and loves chatting with new people.

  他非常好交际，喜欢和陌生人聊天。

Social, sociable, and outgoing all describe someone who enjoys other people, but not equally: social is broad, often about activities, not personality; sociable means friendly, easy to talk to; outgoing means confident, quick to approach strangers. Social and outgoing have other meanings not compared here.

这三个词都可以形容乐于与人相处的特质，但语气和用法有别：social语气较中性、较宽泛，常修饰“活动、生活”等事物而非直接形容性格；sociable强调为人友善随和、喜欢与人相处聊天；outgoing则强调性格外向自信，愿意主动结交陌生人。这里不比较social表示“社会的、与社会有关的”（如social media）以及outgoing表示“即将离任的、外发的”（如outgoing president、outgoing mail）等其他义项。