courtesy call

基本解释

If I was going to run for Congress, I’d have to pay a courtesy call on him sooner or later.
假如我打算参加竞选众议员，我迟早都得礼节性地去拜访他。
The first stop was a courtesy call on the Emirs of Bauchi State, who conferred the title of Dokajin of Bauchi – or "the one who maintains order" – on Mr. Wolfowitz.
在宝池州访问的首站是对该州埃米尔的礼节性拜会。在该州，埃米尔们授予沃尔福威茨“宝池州多卡金”的头衔，也就是“维持秩序者”。
Butler of afternoon shift shall make courtesy call any time before 9 pm in order to obtain guest comments and offer departure services, such wakeup call, car arrangement.
中班的专职管家应在晚上9点前晚致问候电话，以了解客人的意见并为其离店提供服务，例如早晨叫醒服务及安排车辆接送。

Batarical Hatashmi(ph), one of the Sunni leaders, insists it was nothing more than a courtesy call.
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Mr. Clinton, trying to avoid offending Syria, went on to Damascus right after that to pay a courtesy call.
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But within those bounds, he made a courtesy call to Duffy to cancel their golf game for later that day.
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