Father figure

基本解释

Mr Wright was clearly a father-figure to a fatherless man who wasconfused about his identity.
对于这位从小就没有父亲，并且困惑于自己的身份的人来说，莱特俨然是扮演着一个父亲般的角色。
Through this process, over time, Arthur transmogrified from a fierce Celtic warlord to a wise, noble and honourable national father-figure.
随着时间的推移，亚瑟王从一个凶暴的凯尔特族军阀变成一个明智、崇高且值得尊敬的国父人物。
Rather than being a hard-nosed venture capitalist, he is more like a financial father-figure to young entrepreneurs.
对于年轻企业家而言，他更像一个理财父亲，而不是精明的风险投资者。

But there's a theoretical framework, and it will catch up with the French monarchs, among others, later-- that the ruler must be a father, a benevolent figure.
不过,有一种理论框架,使法国的君主终自食恶果,这种理论认为统治者必是父亲一样善良的人
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he viewed a large part of our-- of the idea of finding a singular, all-powerful god as seeking out a father figure that some of us never had during development.
他认为大部分人,想要寻求一位全知全能的神,其实质是在寻找在发展阶段,所缺失的父亲形象的替代品。
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Rather than being a hard-nosed venture capitalist, he is more like a financial father-figure to young entrepreneurs.
ECONOMIST: Face value
Watch DOGS is a national father and father-figure program designed to connect men in the community with their schools.
WHITEHOUSE: Connecting Fathers with Their Schools

If you describe someone as a father figure, you mean that you feel able to turn to that person for advice and support in the same way that you might turn to your father.