agony uncle
noun [ C ] UK uk/ˈæɡ.ə.ni ˌʌŋ.kəl/ us/ˈæɡ.ə.ni ˌʌŋ.kəl/ (US advice columnist)
(报刊的)答读者问专栏男性作者;读者来信专栏男性主笔
a man who gives advice to people with personal problems, especially in articles that appear regularly in a magazine or newspaper
His readers cherish him as an agony uncle who solves their problems.
He had become a kind of agony uncle to people in his community. 对于社区里的人来说，他已经成为某种意义上的咨询专家了。
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- I became the new agony uncle for a teen magazine, replying to boys' problems.
- He was bemused to find himself being consulted as an agony uncle by his students.
- He is now an internet agony uncle to people with similar issues to those he experienced.
- Write to our agony uncle.
- He worked as a security guard, a salesman, and even an online agony uncle.
See also: agony aunt