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Перевод: avuncular

[прилагательное]
свойственный дяде; дядин

Тезаурус:

1. In the meantime, I shall nurture the fondest avuncular feelings for Miss Schlegel, and do my best to ensure that her mind remains unpolluted by the filth they teach her in America, and will thus be beautifully blank and receptive to the sort of filth to which I personally incline.
2. The franchising of British Rail services will be in the hands of the avuncular John MacGregor.
3. In the interwar years the hard edges of a market-orientated Conservative Party strategy were softened, first by the avuncular consensus politics of Baldwin, and then by the virtual collapse of the market itself.
4. The politicians moved fast, and to the rescue came the avuncular, larger-than-life figure of Robert Maxwell, owner of the Daily Mirror and much else besides.
5. My reporting for the Times-Herald under the avuncular guidance of Fred Workman ran the whole spectrum of events, incidents and activities: I spent days at the annual Wild West Rodeo and Stampede absorbing as much of the cowboy lingo as possible; I acted as Master of Ceremonies for a fox trot competition sponsored by Cal Temple and Trudie, his business-like wife; I interviewed all visiting celebrities including MacKenzie King, the Prime Minister, and R.B. Bennett, the Leader of the Opposition in Ottawa; I interviewed Jimmy Gardiner as Minister of Agriculture, after he gave up his post as Premier of Saskatchewan; I covered celebrity concerts and the annual Chatauqua programmes, among many other things.
6. His easy manner bordered on the avuncular, but Charles was wise enough not to take offence with the experienced NCOs, particularly this one under whom he'd served while in the ranks such a short while before.
7. The new head of the hospital trust is an avuncular ex-admiral brimming with ill-justified optimism, who told his first meeting with bewildered staff that "there was a lot in common between the NHS and the Navy".
8. Sir Lewis' avuncular features mask a hard-nosed businessman unafraid of putting financial exigency before personal sentiment.
9. "Avuncular kindness!" said Harold aloud, and was immediately revolted by the phrase.
10. Perhaps unwisely, he was still in an avuncular mood after his trip abroad, and duly uttered those fatal words.
11. The symbol which the older and more experienced policemen on the sections use as their model is Dixon of Dock Green, although the avuncular figure of Dixon is ridiculed by many younger policemen as outdated and antiquarian, even for Great Britain.
12. Beaming in avuncular fashion, he then ushered in the cultural festivities.
13. In private, Alcock is kindly and avuncular, a natural teacher, never happier than when passing on the fruits of his knowledge to the younger generation.