查询词典 officious

Taken by themselves, they do but seem to be what they are not; they look like virtue at a distance, but they are detected by close observers, and in the long run; and hence it is that they are popularly accused of pretense and hypocrisy, not, I repeat, from their own fault, but because their professors and their admirers persist in taking them for what they are not, and are officious in arrogating for them a praise to which they have no claim.

就其本身而言，它们似乎已远非其本来面目，远观之下，它们似乎是美德，经久久细察方可探知。因此它们受到广泛的责难，指责其虚饰与伪善。我要强调，这绝非是因为其自身有什么过错，而是因为教授们和赞美者们一味地把它们弄得面目全非，并且还要殷勤地献上其本身并不希冀的赞颂。

Kings in ancient times (and at this present in some countries) were wont to put great trust in eunuchs, because they that are envious towards all are more obnoxious and officious towards one.

古时候的帝王们愿意宠信宦官，因为宦官嫉妒所有的人，而只对一个人比较地顺从与殷勤。

It proved of excellent advantage to me now, that when I was a boy,I used to take great delight in standing at a basket-maker's, inthe town where my father lived, to see them make their wicker-ware;and being, as boys usually are, very officious to help, and a greatobserver of the manner in which they worked those things, andsometimes lending a hand, I had by these means full knowledge ofthe methods of it, and I wanted nothing but the materials, when itcame into my mind that the twigs of that tree from whence I cut mystakes that grew might possibly be as tough as the sallows,willows, and osiers in England, and I resolved to try.

草原上有两三条小溪，水流清澈，小溪尽头有不少树木。但凡是有圈地经验的人，一定会认为我这种做法缺少计算，如果我把自己原来的想法告诉他们，他们也一定会笑话我。这不仅因为我的圈地规模过大，如果要把篱笆或木栅栏修筑起来，至少有两英里长！其实，篱笆长短还在其次，即使十英里长我也有工夫将它完成，主要还是圈地范围过大所带来的后果。当时我没有考虑到，山羊在这么宽广的范围内，一定会到处乱跑，就像没有围起来一样。

It is possible that houses were outrageously priced one year ago and that they are still priced much higher than the national average.

情况有可能是，这里的房价曾贵得离谱，现在的房价仍然远高于全国的平均指数。

This is a mother's love for her child.

这是母亲对孩子的关爱。