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单词 good-intentioned
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good-intentionedadj.n.

Brit. /ˌɡʊdɪnˈtɛnʃnd/, U.S. /ˌɡʊdᵻnˈtɛn(t)ʃənd/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: good adj., intentioned adj.
Etymology: < good adj. + intentioned adj. Compare earlier well-intentioned adj.
A. adj.
= well-intentioned adj.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > will > intention > [adjective] > relating to intention or purpose > intending or purposing > having intentions of specific kind
intentionated1620
intentioneda1645
good-intentioned1700
1700 W. Fleetwood Funeral Serm. 13 And yet God be still as merciful and good intention'd towards us, as when he grants our Requests.
1702 P. King Hist. Apostles Creed iv. 213 To Tertullian, the Sybilline Oracles may be subjoined, which seem to be a pious Fraud of some good intentioned Christian.
1803 F. Plowden Hist. Rev. State of Ireland (1806) III. vi. 165 A plain, simple, good-intentioned scheme of reciprocal intercourse.
1907 Daily Chron. 6 Mar. 3/2 It is all very nice and sentimental, and good intentioned.
2005 United Church News (United Church of Christ) June a4/1 I hear good-intentioned UCC members rant about how non-UCC people just don't understand the complexities of our denomination's ‘polity’.
B. n.
With the and plural agreement. Well-intentioned people as a class.
ΚΠ
1795 Trial H. Redhead in Compl. Coll. State Trials (1818) XXV. 1108 When the sanctuary of the laws no longer affords refuge to the good intentioned, but is converted into an engine of destruction, the rights of the people will soon become objects of mockery.
1863 J. Holbrey Value iii. ii. 302 They make victims of the good intentioned who would otherwise be able to fulfil their obligations.
1905 H. G. Wells Kipps ii. i. 165 That sinister passion for pedagogy to which the Good-Intentioned are so fatally liable.
1999 J. M. Oxley New Seasons i. 20 I am so happy I can only connect with the good intentioned.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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