officiousness

of·fi·cious

O0040200 (ə-fĭsh′əs)adj.1. Marked by excessive eagerness in offering unwanted services or advice to others: an officious host; officious attention.2. Informal; unofficial.3. Archaic Motivated by the desire to help others.

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[Latin officiōsus, obliging, dutiful, from officium, duty; see office.]

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of·fi′cious·ly adv.of·fi′cious·ness n.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

officiousness - aggressiveness as evidenced by intruding; by advancing yourself or your ideas without invitationintrusiveness, meddlesomenessaggressiveness - the quality of being bold and enterprising

Translations

好管闲事

officially

(əˈfiʃəli) adverb1. (negative unofficially) as an official. He attended the ceremony officially. 以官員身份 官方2. formally. The new library was officially opened yesterday. 正式地 正式地3. according to what is announced publicly (though not necessarily true in fact). Officially he is on holiday – actually he is working on a new book. 根據公佈 据公布officiate (əˈfiʃieit) verb to do the duty or service of an office or official position. The new clergyman officiated at the wedding. 行使公職 行使公职officious (əˈfiʃəs) adjective offering help etc in order to interfere. His mother-in-law is so officious that he does not let her visit his house. 好管閒事的 好管闲事的ofˈficiously adverb 好管閒事地 好管闲事地ofˈficiousness noun 好管閒事 好管闲事ˈoffice-bearer noun a person who holds a position of authority in a society etc. 官員 官员through the (kind) offices of with the help of. I got the job through the kind offices of a friend. 通過...的幫助 通过...的帮助