do-gooder

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. One who advocates a certain course of action, often of political or social concern, and often with the naive conviction of their own moral superiority. derogatory
    — Prohibition in the United States was an unsuccessful attempt by do-gooders to save people from the dangers of alcohol, whether they wanted to be saved or not.

词形变化

do-gooders plural dogooder alternative

词源

Etymology tree
English do good
Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.
Proto-Italic *-āzijos
Latin -āriusnom.
Latin -āriusbor.
Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz
Proto-West Germanic *-ārī
Old English -ere
Middle English -ere
English -er
English do-gooder
From do good + -er.
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