He adopted an avuncular tone of voice when giving advice to junior colleagues .
他用长辈的口气劝告年轻的同事。
Arthur burns was an avuncular , pipe-smoking scholar .
伯恩斯是位成熟的学者，常常叼着烟斗。
" The secret police have several functions , my dear , he began in an avuncular tone "
“秘密警察有几种职能，亲爱的。”他开始用长辈的语气说。
His informality extends to signing himself off in e-mails with the avuncular nickname ' 'patchy ' ' .
他非正式的风格延伸到自己在电邮中的署名，一个伯父似的绰号：“帕奇”（patchy）。
Even the professorial ron paul , the indefatigable libertarian from texas , has abandoned his avuncular pose and decided that this is the time to slash at the gingrich jugular .
