| 词汇 | motherly |
| 释义 | motherly adjective usually approvinguk /ˈmʌð.əl.i/ us /ˈmʌð.ɚ.li/ A motherly woman treats other people with a lot of kindness and love and tries to make certain they are happy.母亲似的，慈母般的 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 motherly | American Dictionarymotherly adjective us/ˈmʌð·ər·li/ motherlyadjective (PARENT)typical of a kind or caring mother Examples of motherlymotherly In this light, then, there should be no wonder why the motherly administrative order provoked such insistent and articulate opposition. But it was in the expropriation of young women's cultural image as the symbol of the motherly state where administrative reformers made perhaps their most important strategic move. But just as likely they identified breaches of prescribed deportment such as drinking, swearing, and carousing that were so offensive in the reformist idiom of motherly care. She faces a desperate plight in trying to care for often robust young children with whom she cannot adopt the normal motherly tactics. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Some were motherly and kindly, generally speaking, in women's cases. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The care and the strong motherly feeling which the matrons and the superintendents of these institutions show is to me a marvellous thing. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Would it not be much better if these young children were under the care of motherly widows? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 She had a rather motherly attitude towards them. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Young children especially want a lot of motherly affection. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 She is a fine type of woman, and, throughout, she has shown the most motherly concern and responsibility for her only daughter. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 What you want is nursery schools for the poorer districts with a motherly woman to look after the children instead of highly-salaried teachers. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Thirdly, it is not so much intellectual education which is needed in the primary schools as a good, sensible motherly teacher. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Not only the motherly ladies would leave. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 This she regards the mistake of her career as after this film flopped suddenly people started offering her motherly roles to heroes. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The tales of the book are drawn from that treasury of oral nursery lore, from a tradition steeped in the tenderness of motherly affection. 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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