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If someone is officious, they push in and tell people what to do, as if they were in charge — but they are not, or they are taking a small job much too far. The word is never a compliment. A guard who stops you for no good reason, a clerk who loves extra rules, a neighbour who organises your life without being asked: that is officious. It is about the attitude, not the job title. Though actually, the Latin root once meant “ready to help, .” The kindness leaked away, and English kept the picture of someone who helps so much they get in your way. Do not mix this with official. An official person has a real post. An officious person just acts as if they do.
好管閒事的、愛指揮人的（不是「官方的」）
組成From Latin officiosus, “ready to serve,” from officium, “service.” In English the meaning slid from “helpful” to “too helpful, in a bossy way.”
原始詞典資料2 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。
officiousadj/əˈfɪʃəs/
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obsoleteObliging, attentive, eager to please.
- Elizabeth's misery increased, at such unnecessary, such officious attention!
- ‘It is essential that the nation become accustomed to managing its own affairs, so that it will emerge from this state of infancy in which an anxious and officious government attempts to keep the people’.
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Offensively intrusive or interfering in offering advice and services.
- The help tended to be officious, the rules, if heeded, restrictive, and the management meddlesome.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。