单词 | officious |
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音标 | [ə'fiʃəs] |
解释 | a.爱发命令的,好忠告的;过度慇懃的 |
红宝书 | 【英】 adj. 爱发命令的,好忠告 的(meddlesome in a highhanded or overbearing way) 【考】 attentive : officious / refined : snobbish(过分关心是多管闲事 /过分优雅是势利俗气)officious : meddle / disaffected : rebel(多管闲事的爱干预/ 不满的爱反抗)visionary : idealistic / officious : obliging(程度:空想的→理想 的/热心的→多管闲事 的)反义词:politic(慎 重的, 策略的) 【记】 来自officer(官员)+i ous→当官的爱发号施令 【例】 My officious neighbor kept asking me personal questions. |
字源 | officious (adj.) 1560s, "zealous, eager to serve," from Latin officiosus "full of courtesy, dutiful, obliging," from officium "duty, service" (see office). Sense of "meddlesome, doing more than is asked or required" had emerged by 1600 (in officiously). An officious lie (1570s) is one told to do good to another person (from Latin mendocium officiosum or French mensonge officieux). Related: Officiousness. |
不择手段背单词 | adj. 爱发命令的, 好忠告的 【记】源于: officer(n 官员), ious一当官的爱发号施令 【类】attentive: officious = refined: snobbish = frugal: parsimony过分关心的是多管闲事的 = 过分优雅的是假充绅士的 = 过分节俭的是吝啬的officious: meddle = disaffected: rebel多管闲事的爱干涉 = 不满的爱反抗visionary: idealistic = officious: obliging空想的: 理想的 = 多管闲事的: 热心的(褒贬) |
趣味全助记 | 【记】来自office 职责,指过于做自己的职责,过于慇懃地提供别人并不需要的服务 【相关】office 办公室, 办事处,公职, 职责 |
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