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父親節要到了，英文有許多形容爸爸的片語與慣用語，你知道多少呢？什麼是grandfather clause？a chip off the old block？twinkle in one's father's eye？另外 father figure、sugar daddy、deadbeat dad又是怎麼樣的父親形象呢？讓我們一起探索9種【父親英文片語】，看看有哪些有趣的慣用語與用法。二話不說，馬上往下看，你也可以成為活用跟「父親」相關英文片語的高手！
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父親英文片語 1：father figure 父親般的人物
figure 是人物、外型、風姿的意思。 A father figure 是一個令人尊重的長輩或領袖，因為他像父親一樣提供建議和幫助。- 劍橋字典解釋：an older man who you treat like a father, especially by asking for his advice, help, or support
- 例句：Mr. James is the father figure as far as the child is concerned.
在這孩子的心目中, 詹姆斯先生與父親無異。
父親英文片語 2：a chip off the old block/like father like son 有其父必有其子
chip 是碎屑，block 是木塊，a chip off the old block 木頭切下來的木屑，有一樣的紋路或特徵，好比漢語常說的「簡直是一個模子裡刻出來的」，比喻相貌品行酷似父親或母親的人，但通常指兒子酷似父親，等同 like father like son 有其父必有其子或是 like mother, like daughter 有其母必有其女。
- 劍橋字典解釋：someone who is very similar in character to their father or mother
- 例句：Your son is a chip off the old block. I think he’s going to be a good person just like his father.
你兒子跟你老公就是一個模子印出來的。我覺得他會成為跟他老爸一樣棒的人。
Jim is really kind and always gives his seat up for a lady. Like father like son.
吉姆真的很善良，總是讓位給一位女士。有其父必有其子。
父親英文片語 3：twinkle in (one's) father's eye未出生時
twinkle 是閃爍、瞬間的意思。這句片語源於一首歌詞寫 when you were a smile on your mother's lips and a twinkle in your daddy's eye 描述父親對母親恩愛之前的那種愉悅表情，也就是事情發生在母親懷孕之前，發生在你尚未出生之前。
- 劍橋字典解釋：at a time before someone was born
- 例句：I never knew my grandparents—they died when I was a twinkle in my father's eye. 我從來不認識我的祖父母。他們在我尚未出生時就去世了。
父親英文片語 4：not your father's 不是你父輩的
非常現代的，不再是老一輩所期望或習慣的。如果有人告訴你這台車 is not your father's car，這台車可能具有革命性的新技術是上一代從未見過的，例如車可以漂浮在天空或水面上。
- 劍橋字典解釋：very modern or updated; no longer what an older generation would expect or be used to
- 例句：With wireless Internet and touch-screen monitors integrated into the desks in each classroom, this is certainly not your father's high school anymore.
現在每間教室的桌子都配備了無線網路和觸控螢幕，這肯定不是你父輩的高中了。
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父親英文片語 5：founding father 開創者
founding father 指重要機構或思想的創建者；該片語大寫時，可以代稱美國奠基者，尤其是美國制憲會議的成員。
- 劍橋字典解釋：someone who establishes an important organization or idea; one of a group of men who started the United States as a country and wrote its constitution
- 例句：Alan Newell was the founding father of artificial intelligence.
艾倫•紐厄爾是人工智慧理論的創始人。
父親英文片語 6：the granddaddy of 始祖
當我們說某物或某人是 the granddaddy of 時，意思是他們是開先例、最重要或最偉大的模範。
- 劍橋字典解釋：the biggest, most important, or most powerful event or person of their type
- 例句：That was the granddaddy of all typhoons, according to the weather forecaster. 根據天氣預報員的說法，那是所有颱風的始祖。
父親英文片語 7：grandfather clause 不溯既往條款
grandfather clause「祖父條款」是法律用語，指不溯既往條款，該法只適用於其生效以後的行爲，對其生效以前的行爲不得適用。該片語源於美國歧視黑人的歷史，當時美國南部一些州的憲法中添加了一項條款，豁免白人不受限制的投票權，同時剝奪黑人的選舉權。如果某人從祖父條款中受益，你可以說 They have been grandfathered in.
- 劍橋字典解：a part of a new law or rule that allows someone to continue to do or to have something that a new law or rule makes illegal
- 例句：Guns purchased before the ban were protected by a grandfather clause. 在禁令之前購買的槍支受到不溯既往條款的保護。
父親英文片語 8：sugar daddy 乾爹
英文俚語乾爹或凱子爹，通常指年紀大的男子送禮物或金錢以博取年輕女子歡心的，如用包養來換取關係，被包養的女性稱為 sugar baby，如果不只一位乾爹，次要乾爹稱 side daddy；如果換成是女方包養稱 sugar mama。
- 劍橋字典解釋：a wealthy, usually older man who gives money or gifts to a younger person in return for sexual favors or companionship
- 例句：All she wants is found herself a sugar daddy. 她想要的就是找個乾爹而已。
父親英文片語 9：deadbeat dad 失職父親
deadbeat 指賴債不還的，deadbeat dad 指不盡責的父親，對已分居或離婚的妻子和孩子拒不給付撫養費的父親，是美國社會極為鄙視的一種人。
- Merriam 字典解釋：a father who owes money to his former wife to help raise their children but does not pay it
- 例句：He was described as a 'deadbeat dad' for failing to provide financial support for his son. 由於未能為兒子提供經濟支援，他被形容是「失職父親」。
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總結：9種【父親英文片語】
現在我們來總結一下，今天學到 9 種跟「父親」相關的英文片語：
- father figure 父親般的人物
- a chip off the old block/like father like son 有其父必有其子
- twinkle in (one's) father's eye 未出生時
- not your father's 不是你父輩的
- founding father 開創者
- the granddaddy of 始祖
- grandfather clause 不溯既往條款
- sugar daddy 乾爹
- deadbeat dad 失職父親
以上是9種【父親英文片語】原來跟父親有關的慣用語還真不少，相信大家今後都能活用這些跟父親有關的片語，在這裡也預祝天下的爸爸們「父親節快樂 Happy Father's Day」！
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