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    A do-gooder is someone who tries to help people who are in a bad situation — and the word is not a hug. English uses it to show .

    A do-gooder is someone who tries to help people who are in a bad situation是想幫助處境不好的人的人 — and the word is not a hug但這個詞不是溫暖的稱讚. English uses it英文用它, to show disapproval是為了表示不贊同

    The speaker thinks this person's help is not needed, or is naive, nosy, or more about the feeling of being good than about what actually helps.

    The speaker thinks說話的人覺得 this person's help is not needed這個人的幫忙沒有必要, or is naive, nosy或很天真、多管閒事, or more about the feeling of being good或者比較是為了自己有種當好人的感覺, than about what actually helps而不是真的幫上忙

    A newspaper can call do-gooders to brush them off. A neighbour can say it about someone who keeps offering advice nobody asked for. Kind people still do good; this label is about how the help lands, or how it looks from outside.

    A newspaper can call campaigners do-gooders報紙可以把社運人士叫做do-gooders, to brush them off來打發他們. A neighbour can say it一個鄰居可能會這樣說 about someone who keeps offering advice nobody asked for形容那種一直給沒人要的建議的人. Kind people still do good好心的人還是在做好事; this label is about how the help lands這個標籤講的是幫忙落地後的樣子, or how it looks from outside或從外面看起來的樣子

    Though actually, some speakers use it more gently, almost as “idealist.” Tone of voice does a lot of the work. It is informal, a little old-fashioned in the , and more at home in newspapers and talk than in a thank-you.

    Though actually不過其實, some speakers use it more gently有些人講得比較溫和, almost as "idealist."幾乎是當成「idealist」(理想主義者)在用. Tone of voice does a lot of the work語氣在這裡影響很大. It is informal這個詞很口語, a little old-fashioned in the hyphen連字號讓它看起來有點老派, and more at home in newspapers and grumpy talk比較常出現在報紙和抱怨的話裡, than in a thank-you而不是道謝的場合

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組成From do good + -er, the ending that means a person who does that.

同家族的字

  • do-goodingthe same phrase, naming the activity instead of the person

原始詞典資料1 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

do-goodernoun

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    derogatoryOne who advocates a certain course of action, often of political or social concern, and often with the naive conviction of their own moral superiority.

    • Prohibition in the United States was an unsuccessful attempt by do-gooders to save people from the dangers of alcohol, whether they wanted to be saved or not.
    • I was hopping along, minding my own business. All of a sudden, up he comes, cures me. One minute I'm a leper with a trade, next minute my livelihood's gone. Not so much as a by-your-leave! “You're cured mate.” Bloody do-gooder.

資料來源:英文維基詞典 English WiktionaryCC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。