1.This is a feeble argument: the hobnobbing would have to be unimaginably good to justify such a waste of time and money.
这个理由难以服人：这种社交的价值必须高得令人难以想象，才对得起这种对时间和金钱的浪费。
2.A slightly less feeble argument is that people with colds should stay at home or else they will infect others.
另一个稍微不那么无力的理由是，得感冒的人应该呆在家里，否则他们会传染他人。