officious

adjective

/əˈfɪʃəs/

(disapproving)

too ready to tell people what to do or to use the power you have to give orders爱指手画脚的；爱发号施令的 synonym self-important
- a nasty officious little man讨厌、好管闲事的家伙
词源late 15th cent.: from Latin officiosus ‘obliging’, from officium ‘performance of a task’ (in medieval Latin also ‘office, divine service’), based on opus ‘work’ + facere ‘do’. The original sense was ‘performing its function, effective’, which led to the meaning ‘ready to help or please’ (mid 16th cent.), which later became pejorative (late 16th cent.).

词汇	officious
释义	officious adjective /əˈfɪʃəs/ /əˈfɪʃəs/ (disapproving) too ready to tell people what to do or to use the power you have to give orders爱指手画脚的；爱发号施令的 synonym self-important a nasty officious little man讨厌、好管闲事的家伙词源late 15th cent.: from Latin officiosus ‘obliging’, from officium ‘performance of a task’ (in medieval Latin also ‘office, divine service’), based on opus ‘work’ + facere ‘do’. The original sense was ‘performing its function, effective’, which led to the meaning ‘ready to help or please’ (mid 16th cent.), which later became pejorative (late 16th cent.).
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