agony aunt

音标发音

• 英式音标 [ˈæɡ.ə.ni ˌɑːnt]
• 美式音标 [ˈæɡ.ə.ni ˌænt]
• 英式发音
• 美式发音

基本解释

• （英）问答专栏阿姨；心理咨询阿姨

同根派生

英汉例句

• There is another "agony aunt" advice columnist in the United States who is equally popular and successful.
  在美国，还有一位被称作“解惑阿姨”的忠告专栏作家，与艾比同样受欢迎，同样成功。
• Former radio agony aunt Pamela Pak Wan-kam lost an appeal against imprisonment for tax evasion yesterday. She tried to conceal her emotions during the hearing.
  前电台清谈节目主持人白韵琴因逃税被判囚，昨日上诉失败。在聆讯时白极力保持泠静。
• On Wednesdays I write an agony aunt column in which I invite readers to do half the legwork by sending in problems and writing answers to other people's problems.
  每周三我都会写一篇读者来信专栏文章，邀请读者发问题过来，并回答其他人的问题，以此省去了一半外出搜集情报的工作。
• “Drink is usually involved, underlying that need for intimacy,” says Style’s agony aunt, Sally Brampton.
  “饮酒通常会牵扯到其中，这强调了对建立亲密关系的需要。”
• I'm trying to track down my old Aunt Maud.
  我正试图寻找到我那年迈的婶婶莫德。

词组短语

短语

• As An Agony Aunt 作为知心姐姐
• an agony aunt 知心大姐

英英字典

剑桥英英字典

• a person, usually a woman, who gives advice to people with personal problems, especially in a regular magazine or newspaper article

柯林斯英英字典

• An agony aunt is a person who writes a column in a newspaper or magazine in which they reply to readers who have written to them for advice on their personal problems.