Officious
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[编辑] 解释
[编辑] GRE 红宝书
- adj. 爱发命令的, 好忠告的
- ［英］ adj. 爱发命令的, 好忠告的 ( meddlesome in a highhanded or overbearing way)
- ［记］ 来自officer ( 官员) +ious -> 当官的爱发号施令
[编辑] Webster Collegiate
adjective
- Etymology: Latin officiosus, from officium service, office
- Date: 1565
- 1. archaic
- 2. volunteering one's services where they are neither asked nor needed ; meddlesome
- 3. informal, unofficial
- Synonyms: see impertinent
- ? officiously adverb
- ? officiousness noun
