well-meaning

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  • adj.善意的
  • Web好心的；好意的；好心好意的

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well-meaning
adj.
1.
出于好心的，好心好意的，善意的（但常事与愿违）intending to do what is right and helpful but often not succeeding
a well-meaning attempt to be helpful
尝试帮忙的善意举动
He's very well meaning.
他用心良苦。

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1.
Was it a well-meaning parent who wanted you to grow up and be independent?
用心良苦的父母希望你长大后完全独立了吗？
yòng xīn liáng kǔ de fù mǔ xī wàng nǐ zhǎng dà hòu wán quán dú lì le ma ?
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2.
He said the critics of online voting "are well-meaning but they fail to take into account the context. "
他说关于网上投票的批评“是善意的但不能被重视。”
tā shuō guān yú wǎng shàng tóu piào de pī píng " shì shàn yì de dàn bù néng bèi zhòng shì 。 "
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3.
He said her behaviour and acceptance of him proves the boars do not need to be feared because they are not a threat to well-meaning people.
他说这头母猪的行为和对他的接受也证实了我们不需要害怕野猪，因为他们对饱含好意的人类是没有任何威胁的。
tā shuō zhè tóu mǔ zhū de xíng wéi hé duì tā de jiē shòu yě zhèng shí le wǒ men bù xū yào hài pà yě zhū , yīn wèi tā men duì bǎo hán hǎo yì de rén lèi shì méi yǒu rèn hé wēi xié de 。
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4.
It's the sort of well-worn, well-meaning phrase that we utter reflexively before hanging up the phone, anxious to do our friendship duty.
在我们挂断电话前都会因为迫不及待要履行为人朋友的职责，而说上这么一句用滥了的、善意的话。
zài wǒ men guà duàn diàn huà qián dū huì yīn wèi pò bù jí dài yào lǚ xíng wéi rén péng yǒu de zhí zé , ér shuō shàng zhè me yī jù yòng làn le de 、 shàn yì de huà 。
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5.
All are the sort of well-meaning and thoughtful films that the Academy likes best.
全部是组委会最喜欢的那种善意的深思熟虑的电影。
quán bù shì zǔ wěi huì zuì xǐ huan de nà zhǒng shàn yì de shēn sī shú lǜ de diàn yǐng 。
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6.
But the young, who will live either up to or down to the standards set for them, deserve better than this well-meaning but flaccid approach.
这些年轻人，不管高于或者低于这些道德标准，是否应该得到比这条软弱的措施更有尊严的对待。
zhè xiē nián qīng rén , bù guǎn gāo yú huò zhě dī yú zhè xiē dào dé biāo zhǔn , shì fǒu yīng gāi dé dào bǐ zhè tiáo ruǎn ruò de cuò shī gèng yǒu zūn yán de duì dài 。
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7.
At another time, a well-meaning hospital clerk told a daughter not to worry, for God had taken her mother to heaven.
另一次，一名医院职员出于好心劝一个失去母亲的女子不要担忧，因为上帝把她母亲带到天上去了。
lìng yī cì , yī míng yī yuàn zhí yuán chū yú hǎo xīn quàn yī gè shī qù mǔ qīn de nǚ zǐ bú yào dān yōu , yīn wèi shàng dì bǎ tā mǔ qīn dài dào tiān shàng qù le 。
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8.
Western-led development strategies, however well meaning, did not break the cycle of under-development in Africa.
由西方主导的各种发展战略无论本意多么美好，都没有打破非洲的欠发达循环。
yóu xī fāng zhǔ dǎo de gè zhǒng fā zhǎn zhàn lüè wú lùn běn yì duō me měi hǎo , dōu méi yǒu dǎ pò fēi zhōu de qiàn fā dá xún huán 。
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9.
Some well-meaning lady friend had enlarged on the impending danger to my mother with all the circumstance of a prolific imagination.
有个好意的太太，把这逼近的危险，在想象中扩大了一番，讲给我母亲听。
yǒu gè hǎo yì de tài tài , bǎ zhè bī jìn de wēi xiǎn , zài xiǎng xiàng zhōng kuò dà le yì fān , jiǎng gěi wǒ mǔ qīn tīng 。
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But here in South Africa, the bond he described was not just among good-hearted Americans but among well-meaning people all over the world.
但是在南非这里，他描述的联系不仅仅是善良的美国人之间，还有好意的世界各地的人民之间。
dàn shì zài nán fēi zhè lǐ , tā miáo shù de lián xì bù jǐn jǐn shì shàn liáng de měi guó rén zhī jiān , hái yǒu hǎo yì de shì jiè gè dì de rén mín zhī jiān 。
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