avuncular
英 [əˈvʌŋkjələ(r)] 美 [əˈvʌŋkjəlɚ]

adj.

伯父的；像伯伯[叔叔]似的；谆谆长辈风范的；慈爱的

英英释义

avuncular[ ə'vʌŋkjulə ]

• adj.
  • being or relating to an uncle
  • like an uncle in kindness or indulgence

    "showed avuncular concern"

双语例句

用作形容词(adj.)

1. He was now playing the role of disinterested host and avuncular mentor.
   他现在正扮演着慷慨的主人和伯父似的指导人的角色。
2. He adopts 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。

权威例句

Avuncular
On the Avuncular Relationship
The Avuncular Index and the Incest Index
Materteral and Avuncular Tendencies in Samoa
Avuncular Tendencies and the Evolution of Male Androphilia in Samoan Fa’afafine
Birth Order and Avuncular Tendencies in Samoan Men and Fa’afafine
Africa, African Americans, and the Avuncular Sam
Parent-of-origin effects in MS: observations from avuncular pairs
Does Geographic Proximity Influence The Expression of Avuncular Tendencies in Canadian Androphilic Males?
The Geographies of Soft Paternalism in the UK: The Rise of the Avuncular State and Changing Behaviour after Neoliberalism