英 [pəˈtɜːnl] 美 [pəˈtɜːrnl]
adj. 父亲的；父亲般关爱的；父系的
paternal /pəˈtɜːnəl/
形容词 Paternal is used to describe feelings or actions that are typical of those of a kind father toward his child. 父亲的
...paternal love for his children.
…对他孩子们的父爱。
形容词 A paternal relative is one that is related through a person's father rather than their mother. 父系的; 父亲一方的
...my paternal grandparents.
…我的祖父母。
belonging to or inherited from one's father
spent his childhood on the paternal farm ; paternal traits
characteristic of a father
父亲的；得自父亲的；父亲般的-引用次数：1
父本的
... maternal 母亲的 paternal 父亲的 genitor 父亲或母亲 ...
... condescending 故意屈尊的，谦逊的，有优越感的 paternal 似父亲的，家长式统治的 cynical 讽刺的，愤世嫉俗的，冷嘲的 ...
paternally 父亲一般地
paternalism 家长式统治，家长作风
pater 父亲
父亲的；得自父亲的；父亲般的
He gave me a piece of paternal advice.
他给了我慈父般的忠告。
His paternal grandparents, a steward and a housekeeper, possessed even less status, having been servants, and Dickens later concealed their background.
他的祖父母是管家和女管家，甚至还做过地位更低的仆人，后来狄更斯就隐瞒了祖父母的背景。
I was brought up by my paternal aunt.
我是由姑姑拉大的。
And we learn about the maternal grandparents, the paternal grandparents, and the brothers and sisters, aunts and uncles, and what each one of them did.
我们学习了外祖父母，祖父母，兄弟姐妹，叔舅姨姑，还有他们曾做过什么。
媒体、教育、市场课程节选 : 麻省理工公开课
There's a fear here that the ambition of this bid for paternal light is presumptuous, perhaps it's even satanic Satan of course in the next book, Book Four will have his invocation to light.
人们会担心弥尔顿认为光与上帝差不多的想法,过于胆大妄为，或许是极恶的,当然，第四卷里的撒旦,也会祈求光明。
弥尔顿课程节选 : 耶鲁公开课
This is 1969, and the purpose that's alleged for appealing to the author as a paternal source, as an authority, is, according to both Barthes and Foucault, to police the way texts are read.
这是1969年，断言把作者作为一种,父性的资源，一种权威的目的，根据巴特和福柯的说法，是为了监督文本被阅读的方式。
文学理论导论课程节选 : 耶鲁公开课
My paternal haplogroup (R1b1b2a1a) turns out to be from the most common in Western Europe.
Rising numbers of women in work may also have eroded a paternal sense of responsibility.
ECONOMIST: The worst government agency around is finally scrapped
Hailey's paternal grandfather, Bill Dunn, died in 2011, six months after the girl went missing.