avuncular

[ə'vʌŋkjulə]

adj.叔伯的, （尤指举止态度）像叔伯的, 与叔、伯、舅有关的

例句与用法：

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。

词形变化：

动词过去式: avulsed | 动词过去分词: avulsed | 动词现在分词: avulsing | 动词第三人称单数: avulses |

a.

1. 伯父的; 叔父的

2. 像叔伯的; 慈祥的

avuncular

词形变化：

动词过去式: avulsed | 动词过去分词: avulsed | 动词现在分词: avulsing | 动词第三人称单数: avulses |

avuncular[ə'vʌŋkjulə]adj.1.■叔伯(关系)的，舅父的2.■(在感情上)像伯伯(或舅父)的；慈祥的，慈爱的，乐于助人的，热心帮助的

1. kind and friendly towards a younger or less experienced person
   （对年轻的阅历浅的人）友好的；慈祥的
   an avuncular manner.
   友善的态度。
   
2. (Anthropology)of or relating to the relationship between men and their siblings’ children
   (人类学)（有关）叔侄（或舅甥）的
   

1. mid 19th cent.: from Latin avunculus 'maternal uncle', diminutive of avus 'grandfather'
   

avuncular

形容词 avuncular:

being or relating to an uncle

like an uncle in kindness or indulgence

avuncular

■"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。

■Guided by an avuncular Communist organizer,he is introduced to the underground resistance and to the beautiful Dorota,Soon he is engaged in dangerous efforts to fight others' lives.

二战中，一个年轻人从华沙犹太人管制居住区逃跑，加入了波兰抵抗运动，并爱上了一个地方组织的领导人，同时为自由和爱情而战。

■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。

■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

■1. 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.

■He adopt an avuncular tone of voice when give advice to junior colleagues.

他用长辈的口气劝告年轻的同事。

■avuncular affection

似叔伯之爱

■The avuncular Custodian of the Holy Places, as Saudi monarchs title themselves, had a reputation for probity, tolerance and humility that augured change for the better.

像沙特统治者们称呼自己的那样，这位圣地的伯父般的守护人一向以廉洁正直，宽容谦逊出名，并预测国家将会变得更好。

■Even if concocted by Mr.Wen’s admirers, the report reveals a shift away from the prime minister’s persona as a vacillating, avuncular bureaucrat.

先不论这是不是温的仰慕者编造的故事，至少在这个故事里温的形象和以前那个温和的，慈祥的老爷爷般的官员形象，有所不同了。

■Only if the latter typification prevails will this incident follow a socially taken-for-granted course, with the father discreetly withdrawing from the scene so as not to disturb the legitimate exercise of avuncular authority.

唯若后者典型胜出时，这个事件才会遵守被社会视为理所当然的过程，比如父亲小心的自场景抽离，才能够不破坏伯父权威的正当运作。

■On Thursday night, the avuncular Jackson couldn't inspire his team to do the same.

在周四晚上，这个伯父似的杰克逊却没能激励他的球队做同样的事。

■avuncular relation

开当铺的人

■Sounding a bit like an avuncular television host, the visibly relaxed president asked some two dozen children, age six to 11, at the Boys and Girls Club what they wanted for Christmas.

当天“男孩女孩活动中心”共有约二十几个孩子，年龄在6岁至11岁之间。奥巴马明显很放松，他问在场的小朋友们都想要什么圣诞礼物，口气听起来像一个慈爱的电视节目主持人。

■Masterson's aggressive, gratingly self-promotional message is oddly out of synch with Dietz's gentle, avuncular, let's-chat-on-the-porch narration.

本书对于被肥胖问题困扰着的女士来说，是一部不可多得的减肥指导书；

■avuncular avoidance

甥舅回避

■avuncular marriage

舅父甥女婚

■avuncular inheritance

舅甥继承

■Mr Sarkozy seems to think that he has an avuncular influence over Mr Medvedev, ten years his junior, and that he can build a grown-up relationship on this.

萨科齐先生似乎认为自己年长于梅德韦杰夫10岁的，就可以用长辈的身份对其施加影响，这样就能建立成熟的双边关系。

■Though he looks like an avuncular conductor of a giant toy train set, he labors daily trying to give away one of the world's biggest fortunes, that made by his son at Microsoft.

虽然看起来更像是个巨型玩具火车的售票大伯，可事实上他每天的工作却是把儿子在微软上班的挣来的巨额财产捐掉。

■showed avuncular concern.

表现出长辈似的关心。