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词汇 paternalist
释义 paternalist
noun[ C ]
 politics usually disapprovinguk /pəˈtɜː.nə.lɪst/ us /pəˈtɝː.nə.lɪst/
someone in authority who thinks or behaves in a way that results in them making decisions for other people rather than letting them take responsibility for their own lives: 实行家长式统治的人;家长主义者
He was a paternalist who ruled wisely.他是一位明智型的家长式统治者。
They had a sincere, albeit paternalist, interest in Aboriginal welfare.他们对原住民的福利有着真诚的兴趣,尽管是家长式的。
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He was a paternalist, providing his workforce with welfare services and housing.
He was a benevolent paternalist, protecting the masses from themselves.
His attitude to labour was that of an early nineteenth-century Tory paternalist.
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