单词 | do-gooder |
释义 | do-gooderWord forms: plural do-gooders countable noun If you describe someone as a do-gooder, you mean that they do things which they think will help other people, although you think that they are interfering. [disapproval]do-gooder in British Englishnoun informal, usually derogatory a well-intentioned person, esp a naive or impractical one Derived forms do-goodery (ˌdo-ˈgoodery) noun do-gooding (ˌdo-ˈgooding) noun, adjective do-gooder in American English (ˈduˌgʊdər) US noun Informal a person who seeks to correct social ills in an idealistic, but usually impractical or superficial, way Derived forms do-good (ˈdo-ˌgood) adjective do-gooding (ˈdo-ˌgooding) noun or ˈdo-ˌgoodˌism Examples of 'do-gooder' in a sentence |
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