释义 |
well-doer|ˈwɛlˌduːə(r)| One who does well; one who lives virtuously or acts uprightly.
c1450Mirk's Festial 1 To bryng..weldoers to þe blys þat euer schall last. 1530Palsgr. Ep. to King p. iv, Well doers in any kynde of vertue. 1648–58Hexham ii. s.v. Wel, Een wel-doender, oft wel-dader, a Benefactour or a Well⁓doer. 1684Contempl. St. Man i. v. (1699) 51 Who is so general a well-doer, that no Body complains of him. 1961New Eng. Bible John iii. 11 The well-doer is a child of God; the evil-doer has never seen God. |