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单词 avuncular
释义
avuncular
adjective
formal
uk
/əˈvʌŋ.kjə.lər/us
/əˈvʌŋ.kjə.lɚ/
friendly,kind, orhelpful, like theexpectedbehaviourof anuncle:
叔伯般的；慈祥的；关怀备至的
an avuncular,quietlyspokenman慈祥和善、谈吐温和的男子
His avuncularimagebelieshissteelydetermination.他慈祥的外貌和他坚强的意志形成鲜明对照。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Kind & thoughtful
  • accommodating
  • attentive
  • attentively
  • attentiveness
  • be all heartidiom
  • diplomatically
  • eunoia
  • fatherly
  • good-hearted
  • good-natured
  • nice
  • nicely
  • not have a bad/dishonest/racist, etc. bone in your bodyidiom
  • obliging
  • obligingly
  • unmalicious
  • unmaliciously
  • warm-hearted
  • well intentioned
  • well meaning
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(Definition ofavuncularfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofavuncular

avuncular
Is this corruption, or the fulfilling of anavuncularduty?
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Jupp shows that the cartoonists' caricature of the duke - an 'avunculardictator ' - was close to the mark.
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Arthurian patriarchs do not survive but are replaced by fraternal figures,avuncularfigures, sons of emasculated fathers, femmes fatales, and an occasional monster or two.
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It would be nice if some union officials in future were a little more paternal, and evenavuncular, rather than the elderly fraternal bully.
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His sometimesavuncularand always perspicacious attention to the latter has alone set his successor a formidable and exciting challenge.
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In his kind,avuncularway he said that perhaps we were innocents in shark-invested waters.
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I have often remarked that the people who command most confidence and have the bestavuncularstatus are the people who have regional accents.
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His twinkling eyes, his disarming smile, those expressive eyebrows, his rubicund countenance and hisavunculargenerosity made him for me the very personification of kindliness.
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He looks to be a nice,avuncularcharacter, fond of children.
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He is an inoffensive,avuncular, family sort of person.
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It was said that he took a ratheravuncularapproach to issues.
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But the idea of their being able to look after themselves, instead of having hisavuncularattentions, is beyond him.
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We much preferred his old masonic lodge, retirement do,avuncularmanner.
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He said it in his usual good-natured,avuncularfashion with which we are all familiar.
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The unarmed, unprotected,avuncularpoliceman is as much out of place in a riot as a bowler hat in a battle.
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