英语释义

1. the father of one's father or mother

2. ancestor sense 1a

3. granddaddy sense 2

4. to permit to continue under a grandfather clause

5. the father of your father or mother

6. the father of someone's father or mother

7. ancestor His grandfathers had all farmed the land.

8. to permit to continue under a grandfather clause
current residents will be grandfathered under the regulation —often used with in

片语

avuncular伯父的；叔伯的；慈祥的

英汉例句

• mr abdul jalil, a grandfatherly figure, is widely respected, butministers in the council’s executive committee, a proto-cabinet which has nowrelocated from benghazi, are less immune from criticism.

  作为一名元老级人物，贾利勒广受尊崇。 但是议会从班加西搬到的黎波里，议会执行局的一些部长却没能躲过这些指责。

• men of grandfatherly age were the worst for asking if you wanted to grow up to be president.

  爷爷辈年纪的人是最令人讨厌的，他们老是问你是不是想长大了当总统这个问题。

• he snow 70 years old, considered a grandfatherly shaman, and is somewhat reclusive.

  他现在已经70岁了，被尊崇为一位慈祥的僧人，而且有时遁隐。

• len. he「s now 70 years old, considered a grandfatherly man, and is somewhat reclusive.

  他现在70岁了，可以作为爷爷级的人物，还有点隐士的脾性。

• we」re not worried about this, 「 jackson said in his best grandfatherly voice.」

  「我们并不担心这些，」杰克逊和蔼的说。

• known to villagers and his children alike as 「lao shuji, 」 or old secretary, wu has a genial, grandfatherly demeanor that belies a hardheaded steeliness.

  村民们和他的子女们同样认他作「老书记」，吴和蔼、慈祥的风度举止下埋藏着无懈可击的冷静和坚定。

• mr. wilson, not a little astonished at this outbreak- for he was a grandfatherly sort of personage, and usually a vast favourite with children- essayed, however, to proceed with the examination.

  威尔逊先生对这一反抗举动颇为吃惊——因为他是老爷爷般的人物，通常极受孩子们的喜爱——但他仍继续他的测验。

• they had all the raw skill and enthusiasm of youth, but they couldn't understand how such a grandfatherly type could whip them so consistently.

  他们具备年轻人的干劲和热情，但他们不明白，这样一个爷爷辈的家伙怎么总是能赢自己。

• the council’s chairman, mustafa abdel jalil, a grandfatherly former justice minister, has even threatened to step down if victorious rebels embarrass him by carrying out revenge murders.

  委员会主席、前司法大臣穆斯塔法?阿卜杜勒?贾利勒（mustafaabdeljalil），已经威胁如果胜利的反对者通过实施报复性杀戮来使他蒙羞的话，他将下台。

• highly unlikely that happens with buffett, both because of his legal rights and his grandfatherly gravitas.

  这种情况不可能出现在巴菲特身上，这既是因为他拥有合法权力，也因为他有着「祖父一样的」气场。

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ancestor始祖，祖先；被继承人

father发明，创立；当…的父亲

forefather祖先；前辈

primogenitor始祖；祖先

progenitor祖先；原着；起源