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词汇 agony-uncle
释义 agony uncle
noun[ C ]
UKuk /ˈæɡ.ə.ni ˌʌŋ.kəl/ us /ˈæɡ.ə.ni ˌʌŋ.kəl/(USadvice columnist)
a man who gives advice to people with personal problems, especially in articles that appear regularly in a magazine or newspaper: (报刊的)答读者问专栏男性作者;读者来信专栏男性主笔
His readers cherish him as an agony uncle who solves their problems.
He had become a kind of agony uncle to people in his community.对于社区里的人来说,他已经成为某种意义上的咨询专家了。
I became the new agony uncle for a teen magazine, replying to boys' problems.
He was bemused to find himself being consulted as an agony uncle by his students.
He is now an internet agony uncle to people with similar issues to those he experienced.
Write to our agony uncle.
He worked as a security guard, a salesman, and even an online agony uncle.
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take someone's advice

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