後綴-ee
漢:指人的名詞後綴ee意爲"one who",主要用於被動含義(成爲...的人),也有主動含義(做...的人)和後綴-er相反。
英:word-forming element in legal English (and in imitation of it), representing the Anglo-French -é ending of pps. used as nouns. As these sometimes were coupled with agent nouns in -or, the two suffixes
came to be used as a pair to denote the initiator and the recipient of an action.
-ee
a suffix forming from transitive verbs nouns which denote a person who is the object or beneficiary of the act specified by the verb ( addressee; employee; grantee ); recent formations now also mark the
performer of an act, with the base being an intransitive verb ( escapee; returnee; standee ) or, less frequently, a transitive verb ( attendee ) or another part of speech ( absentee; refugee ).
Origin:
< French -é, (masculine), -ée (feminine), past participle endings < Latin -ātus, -āta -ate
World English Dictionary
-ee
— suffix forming nouns
1. indicating a person who is the recipient of an action (as opposed, esp in legal terminology, to the agent, indicated by -or or -er ): assignee ; grantee ; lessee
2. indicating a person in a specified state or condition: absentee ; employee
3. indicating a diminutive form of something: bootee
[via Old French -e, -ee, past participial endings, from Latin -ātus, -āta -ate 1 ]
1.appointee
n.person appointed to an office or position 被任命者 *ap<ad(=to),point<punct(=prick)
例句:Since federal judges are appointees,they need not worry about popular votes.既然聯邦大法官是被任命的職位,他們就沒有必要擔心公投了。
2.devotee
n.person who is devoted to something 獻身者;愛好者,熱心之士 *de(=away,intensive),vot(=vow)
例句:Rolling Stone devotees flocked to the band's final concert.滾石樂隊狂熱的歌迷們湧至樂隊的告別縯唱會。
3.employee
n.person employed for wages 雇員,店員 *em<en(=in),ploy(=fold)
例句:Rita has been selected the "Employee of the Month".麗塔被推選爲“本月明星店員”。
4.refugee
n. person who has been forced to flee from danger,eg.from floods,war ,political persecution 逃難者,難民;亡者 *re(=back),fug(=flee)
例句:Starting next year,the U.N. will begin forced repatriation of Vietnamese refugees.從明年開始,聯郃國將開始強制遣送越南難民。
5.trustee
n.person who has charge of property in trust or of the business affairs of an institution 受托琯理人;理事 *tru(=believe)
例句:If you do not specify a trustee in your will ,the court will appoint one.如果你不在遺囑中指定一個受托人,那麽法庭將爲你指定一個。