单词 | well-meaning |
释义 | well-meaning also well meaning adjective If you say that a person or their actions are well-meaning, you mean that they intend to be helpful or kind but they are unsuccessful or cause problems. He is a well-meaning but ineffectual leader. Even well-meaning attempts at conservation can bring problems. Collocations: however well-meaning No amount of carrot or stick from parents, however well-meaning, will stop them making their own mistakes or creating their own triumphs. Times, Sunday Times However well-meaning the carers are, they may not be able to offer care in the way that feels completely right. Times, Sunday Times These zoos are prisons, however well-meaning some of the jailers. Times, Sunday Times These are not simple relationships, however well-meaning. Times, Sunday Times However well-meaning, he did not show single-minded loyalty to the company, nor did he have regard to the interests of the creditors. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Translations: Chinese: 善意的 但却常事与愿违 Japanese: 善意の |
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