well-meant

Word family nounwellnesswellbeingwell-wisherwellingwellheadwellhousewellspringadjectivewell-advisedwell-appointedwell-balancedwell-behavedwell-bornwell-bredwell-builtwell-chosenwell-definedwell-deservedwell-developedwell-disposedwell-donewell-dressedwell-earnedwell-educatedwell-endowedwell-fedwell-foundedwell-groomedwell-groundedwell-heeledwell-hungwell-informedwell-intentionedwell-keptwell-knownwell-manneredwell-meaningwell-meantwell-oiledwell-readwell-roundedwell-spokenwell-thought-outwell-thumbedwell-timedwell-to-dowell-triedwell-troddenwell-turnedwell-wornwelladverbwell-nigh

ˌwell-ˈmeant adjectiveadj

INTENDsomething you say or do that is well-meant is intended to be helpful, but does not have the result you intended 〔说话或行动〕出于好意的〔但结果不如意〕

His comments were well-meant but a little tactless.

他的这番话用意是好的，但讲得有点伤人。

Examples from the Corpus

well-meant• well-meant advice• But they themselves could be self-centred, and often ignored or misunderstood well-meant advice.• But these well-meant attempts were bound to fail from the sheer perversity of the enterprise.• Papa would not mind our little well-meant deception.• Northampton Town's followers bestowed the well-meant, if dubious, honour on Graham Reed, a vigorous and gritty right-back.• These productions played in London at the end of their well-meant journey around arts centres, youth clubs and studio theatres.• You huddle on the back seat, unable to answer any of their well-meant questions.• At the time each of these initiatives seemed at best like well-meant statements of the ideal.

单词	well-meant
释义	well-meant Word family nounwellnesswellbeingwell-wisherwellingwellheadwellhousewellspringadjectivewell-advisedwell-appointedwell-balancedwell-behavedwell-bornwell-bredwell-builtwell-chosenwell-definedwell-deservedwell-developedwell-disposedwell-donewell-dressedwell-earnedwell-educatedwell-endowedwell-fedwell-foundedwell-groomedwell-groundedwell-heeledwell-hungwell-informedwell-intentionedwell-keptwell-knownwell-manneredwell-meaningwell-meantwell-oiledwell-readwell-roundedwell-spokenwell-thought-outwell-thumbedwell-timedwell-to-dowell-triedwell-troddenwell-turnedwell-wornwelladverbwell-nigh ˌwell-ˈmeant adjectiveadj INTENDsomething you say or do that is well-meant is intended to be helpful, but does not have the result you intended 〔说话或行动〕出于好意的〔但结果不如意〕 His comments were well-meant but a little tactless. 他的这番话用意是好的，但讲得有点伤人。 Examples from the Corpus well-meant• well-meant advice• But they themselves could be self-centred, and often ignored or misunderstood well-meant advice.• But these well-meant attempts were bound to fail from the sheer perversity of the enterprise.• Papa would not mind our little well-meant deception.• Northampton Town's followers bestowed the well-meant, if dubious, honour on Graham Reed, a vigorous and gritty right-back.• These productions played in London at the end of their well-meant journey around arts centres, youth clubs and studio theatres.• You huddle on the back seat, unable to answer any of their well-meant questions.• At the time each of these initiatives seemed at best like well-meant statements of the ideal.
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