good offices
名词 n.
英文释义
名词 n.
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The beneficial services and acts of a third party, particularly mediation between two parties in a dispute.
— Marshall’s concern over Russia was to prove itself not without foundation. The Russians were already exploring areas along the Amur River, and only seven years after Marshall’s warning, Russia acquired an important tract of land between the Ussuri and the sea (including the city of Hai-ts’an-wei^([sic – meaning Hai-shen-wei]), later changed to Vladivostok) as a reward for her good offices during the Anglo-French Chinese war of 1858-60.
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To clarify the intended sense of office (“kindness, service”) and to distinguish from antonyms such as ill offices.
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