| 单词 | agony aunt |
| 释义 | > as lemmasagony aunt agony aunt n. chiefly British an editor (actually or supposedly female) of an agony column (agony column n. (b)); (in extended use) an adviser on personal, psychological, etc., problems. ΘΚΠ society > communication > journalism > journalist > [noun] > sentimental or advice writer sob sister1912 Lonelyhearts1933 Miss Lonelyhearts1933 agony aunt1974 the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > advice > [noun] > adviser or counsellor > as an occupation adviser1877 counsellor1940 genetic counsellor1952 agony auntie1972 agony aunt1974 1974 Guardian 19 Sept. 13/2 High on the list of the society's bêtes noires is the teenage magazine Petticoat and its agony aunt, Claire Rayner. 1984 S. Townsend Growing Pains Adrian Mole 19 I can't go on like this. I have written to Auntie Clara, the Agony Aunt. 2010 Daily Tel. 8 June 21/2 In her one-woman show, agony aunt Virginia Ironside says grandchildren are God's reward for not killing your children. < as lemmas |
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