paternal

英 [pə'tɜːnl]

美 [pə'tɜːrnl]

adj. 父親的；似父親的；得自父親的。

Adjective:

belonging to or inherited from one's father;

"spent his childhood on the paternal farm"

"paternal traits"

characteristic of a father

relating to or characteristic of or befitting a parent;

"parental guidance"

related on the father's side;

"a paternal aunt"

用作形容詞 (adj.)

The paternal longing ran on allfours with her own desire.

父親的願望和她的心願幾乎完全一致。

Yet she seems never fully to have absorbed that piece of paternal wisdom.

然而她似乎完全沒有吸收到父親的哪怕一丁點智慧 ^[1]  。