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paternal 音標拼音: [pət'ɚnəl] a. 父親的,似父親的,得自父親的 父親的,似父親的,得自父親的 paternal adj 1: belonging to or inherited from one' s father; " spent his childhood on the paternal farm"; " paternal traits" 2: characteristic of a father [ ant: { maternal}] 3: relating to or characteristic of or befitting a parent; " parental guidance" [ synonym: { parental}, { maternal}, { paternal}] [ ant: { filial}] 4: related on the father' s side; " a paternal aunt" [ synonym: { agnate}, { agnatic}, { paternal}] Paternal \ Pa* ter" nal\, a. [ L. paternus, fr. pater a father: cf. F. paternel. See { Father}.] 1. Of or pertaining to a father; fatherly; showing the disposition of a father; guiding or instructing as a father; as, paternal care. " Under paternal rule." -- Milton. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Received or derived from a father; hereditary; as, a paternal estate. [ 1913 Webster] Their small paternal field of corn. -- Dryden. [ 1913 Webster] { Paternal government} ( Polit. Science), the assumption by the governing power of a quasi- fatherly relation to the people, involving strict and intimate supervision of their business and social concerns, upon the theory that they are incapable of managing their own affairs. [ 1913 Webster] 43 Moby Thesaurus words for " paternal": adoring, affectionate, ancestorial, ancestral, concerned, conjugal, demonstrative, devoted, faithful, fatherlike, fatherly, filial, fond, grandfatherly, grandmotherly, grandparental, husbandly, indulgent, kindly, languishing, lovelorn, lovesick, lovesome, loving, maternal, melting, mother, motherlike, motherly, parent, parental, patriarchal, patrilateral, patrilineal, patrilinear, patrimonial, romantic, sentimental, soft, solicitous, tender, uxorious, wifely
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