| 词汇 | fatherly |
| 释义 | fatherly adjective uk /ˈfɑː.ðəl.i/ us /ˈfɑː.ðɚ.li/ used to describe a man or male behaviour typical of a kind and loving father: 慈父般的 fatherly advice慈父般的忠告 Kind & thoughtful accommodating accommodatingly attentive attentively attentiveness cooperatively diplomacy diplomatic diplomatically eunoia neighbourliness neighbourly nice nicely not have a bad/dishonest/racist, etc. bone in your bodyidiom thoughtfulness unmalicious unmaliciously unspoiled warm-hearted fatherly | American Dictionaryfatherly adjective us/ˈfɑð·ər·li/ typical of a kind or caring father Examples of fatherlyfatherly She decided that though she had three good dads (or perhaps, three fatherly friends), none of them were perfect, for they had wrongfully deceived her. She was released from jail after the fatherly intercession of a police officer. Where is your fatherly heart? First of all, the novel goes far towards establishing working-class men as exemplars of a new model of fatherly care. The small man when he starts wants a fatherly guiding hand. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He is a popular figure, always ready with some fatherly advice and a good yarn to tell. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He is writing fatherly letters of advice up and down the country telling people how to save water, and what they should do. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I have heard with astonishment the declarations from the benches opposite—their sudden fatherly interest in the children. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 One can perhaps picture a fatherly chief constable giving advice to an officer who has just entered the force. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 However, a friendship grew up— it could hardly have been otherwise—because of his integrity, experience and fatherly attitude towards someone much younger. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He has taken the roads under his fatherly care; he looks upon himself as occupying a specially created post of godfather in regard to roads. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We want less of the great-grandfather attitude on the bench, and a little more of the fatherly attitude, in dealing with the unfortunate people who come before our courts. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The fact that the police are able in this way to deal with these lads in this fatherly, almost family, way is a great feather in their cap. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He seems fatherly to the twins, having known them from birth. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. He's fallen in love with her over years of ghostly observation, fatherly attention turning to infatuation. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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