表达wine and dine 的字面含义是酒和用餐,实质含义是设丰盛的美酒佳肴招待(客人),一般指去餐厅,筹备酒宴。在交流中,大家多用wine and dine somebody 以美酒佳肴招待某位客人这个说法。
例句
We were wined and dined by our host at the best restaurant in town last night.
主人家昨晚在城里最高端的餐厅里设宴招待大家。
The company wined and dined us, apologising for the inconvenience caused.
那家公司设酒宴款待大家,以为他们导致的不便道歉。
I am an old-fashioned romantic I like to wine and dine my wife regularly.
我是一个老派的浪漫主义者,我喜欢按期请我的老婆去餐厅吃饭,享受美味佳肴。