| 释义 |
do-ˈgooder orig. U.S.
[f. to do good (see good n. 5 a) + -er1. Cf. prec.]
A well-meaning, active, but unrealistic philanthropist or reformer; one who tries to do good. Hence do-ˈgoodery.
1927St. Louis Post-Dispatch 18 Jan. 14/5 The dogooder..is all the hokum, all the blather and all the babble of the modern so-called ‘social movement’. 1943Time 25 Oct. 32/1 Go find yourself out something about Charles P. Taft before dismissing him as famed do-gooder. 1954Koestler Invis. Writing 250 The prim feeling of virtue of do-gooders. 1957Sunday Times 12 May 8/6 [He] does not write as a sentimental do-gooder, or with primarily political motives. 1959‘M. Innes’ Hare sitting Up i. i. 20 An out-and-out do-gooder, full of an exalted love of..humanity. 1961Guardian 25 Mar. 5/3 The boy is trapped..by do-goodery. 1968Daily Tel. 11 Apr. 17/4 Amateur ‘do-gooders’ could slip up when certain medical attention was needed, a coroner said yesterday. 1968N. Marsh Clutch of Constables i. 13 Let us examine my philanthropy. Or rather, since I have no distaste for colloquialism, my dogoodery. |