Well-meant is the same idea as well-meaning, but pointed at a thing rather than a person. You say it about a remark, a gift, a piece of advice, a gesture — something done from good motives that did not have the effect the doer wanted.

Well-meantWell-meant is the same idea as well-meaning跟 well-meaning 是同一個概念 but pointed at a thing rather than a person但指的是一件事，不是一個人。You say it about a remark, a gift, a piece of advice, a gesture你會用它形容一句話、一份禮物、一個建議、一個舉動 something done from good motives出於好意做的事 that did not have the effect the doer wanted卻沒有達到做這件事的人想要的效果。

"His comment was well-meant" tells you he wanted to help and it came out badly. This is the everyday shape it takes: after be, describing something that has already happened, and very often followed by but.

"His comment was well-meant"「His comment was well-meant」這句話 tells you he wanted to help是在告訴你他本來想幫忙 and it came out badly結果卻搞砸了。This is the everyday shape it takes這是它最常見的用法形狀：after be接在 be 後面 describing something that has already happened描述已經發生過的事, and very often followed by but而且後面常常接 but。

Before a noun it also works — "well-meant advice", "a well-meant but disastrous surprise party" — though it is a little less common there than well-meaning is. Because it points at the act, it is the kindest of the three: it lets you set the outcome aside and defend the intention without saying anything about the person's judgement at all.

Before a noun it also works放在名詞前面也可以 "well-meant advice"像「well-meant advice」、"a well-meant but disastrous surprise party"「a well-meant but disastrous surprise party」 though it is a little less common there than well-meaning is不過這個位置比 well-meaning 少見一點。Because it points at the act因為它指向的是那個行為 it is the kindest of the three它是這三個字裡最溫和的一個：it lets you set the outcome aside讓你可以把結果放一邊 and defend the intention替那份用意辯護 without saying anything about the person's judgement at all完全不去評論這個人的判斷力。

That makes it the word you want when you are smoothing something over, especially if the person who did it is standing right there.

That makes it the word you want這讓它成為你需要的那個字 when you are smoothing something over當你想把事情圓過去的時候 especially if the person who did it is standing right there尤其是做那件事的人就站在旁邊的時候。