avuncular
发音
英 [əˈvʌŋkjələ(r)]
美 [əˈvʌŋkjəlɚ]
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- adj.
- <正>伯父的
- 像伯伯[叔叔]似的
- 谆谆长辈风范的
- 慈爱的
单词词源
avuncular 叔伯的
av-,祖宗，祖父，词源同atavism,-uncul,小词后缀。该词常见其缩小形式uncle.
双语例句
- 1. He adopted an avuncular tone of voice when giving advice to junior colleagues .
- 他用长辈的口气劝告年轻的同事。
- 2. Arthur burns was an avuncular , pipe-smoking scholar .
- 伯恩斯是位成熟的学者，常常叼着烟斗。
- 3. " The secret police have several functions , my dear , he began in an avuncular tone "
- “秘密警察有几种职能，亲爱的。”他开始用长辈的语气说。
- 4. His informality extends to signing himself off in e-mails with the avuncular nickname ' 'patchy ' ' .
- 他非正式的风格延伸到自己在电邮中的署名，一个伯父似的绰号：“帕奇”（patchy）。
- 5. Even the professorial ron paul , the indefatigable libertarian from texas , has abandoned his avuncular pose and decided that this is the time to slash at the gingrich jugular .
- 即使来自于德克萨斯州的不知疲倦的资深自由主义人士罗恩保罗也放弃了他长辈的姿态，决定是时候抨击抨击金里奇的致命弱点了。