Don and I regularly5 schmoozed over the counter about movies, our families, our dogs, and philosophies of life.

唐和我常隔着柜台闲聊，聊聊电影、家人、我们的狗狗，还有人生哲学。

The City was schmoozed assiduously, new fiscal rules were announced, colleagues who made uncosted spending pledges were not so much scolded as scalded.

整个伦敦城名声斐然，新财经政策得以宣布，恳请削减开支的同僚们也未遭受流言蜚语的沉重打击。