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单词 officious
释义 of·fi·cious
\əˈfishəs\ adjective
Etymology: Latin officiosus, from officium service, kindness, duty, office + -osus -ous — more at office
1.
 a. obsolete : eager to serve or help : kind, obliging
  < officious humility of a heart devoted to the assistance merely of the inquisitive — Laurence Sterne >
 b. obsolete : dutiful
 c. obsolete : official, formal
2. : volunteering one's services where they are neither asked nor needed : meddlesome
 < a college … should excise officious administration … in order to let learning happen — F.N.Davis >
 < shouting orders and generally making an officious nuisance of himself >
3. : having a connection with official matters or duties merely through the position of the speaker or doer or the nature of the matters or duties : of an informal or unauthorized nature : unofficial
 < officious conversation between foreign ministers >
— opposed to official
Synonyms: see impertinent
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