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单词 good offices
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good offices

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plural noun

influence, especially with a person in a position of power: He got the job through the good offices of his uncle.
services rendered by a mediator in a dispute.

Origin of good offices

First recorded in 1900–05

Words nearby good offices

goodness knows, goodness of fit, good news, good night, good off, good offices, good-oh, good oil, good ol' boy, good old boy, Goodpasture
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Example sentences from the Web for good offices

  • He spoke of it to Grotius; who promised him his good-offices.

    The Life of the Truly Eminent and Learned Hugo Grotius|Jean Lvesque de Burigny
  • In the case stated above, I see first good-will and good-offices in one person; then ill-will and ill-offices in the other.

    An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals|David Hume
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