-ate
短语[医]〔后缀〕构成分词名词。加于词根, 表示为该词根原意的产物或作用。例如hemolysate表示溶血产物
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释义与例句
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forms adjectives with meaning "having the specified thing"
lobate — “having lobes, lobed”
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forms adjectives with meaning "characterized by the specified thing"
Italianate — “characterized by Italian features”
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forms adjectives with meaning "resembling the specified thing"
palmate — “resembling a palm leaf”
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up until Early Modern English, formed regular past participles of verbs ending in -ate. Rare afterwards except in archaizing poetry or religious writing. The alternative ending -ated was used from as early as Middle English
废旧 -
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derives verbs (mostly) from Latin stems
formulate ← fōrmula
phonate ← φωνή (phōnḗ)
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forms nouns meaning "person or thing that is either the object of a performed transitive verb or the subject of an intransitive one"
罕用affiliate — “a person having been affiliated; literally, affiliated”
diffus(e) + -ate → diffusate (“in a process of dialysis, material that has diffused”)
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2.
forms nouns meaning "person or thing that is the subject of a transitive verb"
废旧assassin + -ate → assassinate (“an assassin”)
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3.
forms nouns meaning "specimen of a corresponding taxon ending in -ata"
生物articulate — “An animal of the taxon Articulata”
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forms derivatives of specified elements or compounds; especially salts or esters of an acid whose name ends in -ic
化学acetate — “a salt or ester of acetic acid”
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forms nouns denoting a rank or office
emirate — “the office of an emir”
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forms nouns denoting the concrete charge, context of a rank or office
emirate — “the realm of an emir”
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forms nouns denoting a group of officials associated with a rank or office
triumvirate — “an official group of three men, triumvirs”
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forms nouns denoting a social or political system ruled by people or someone of a certain rank or office
patriarchate — “a social system in which heads of household (patriarchs) hold the power”
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forms nouns denoting a state (government) ruled by people or someone of a certain rank or office
emirate — “a state ruled by an emir”
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forms nouns denoting a state associated with one's social situation
celibate — “the state of being a bachelor, celibacy”
词源
First attested in the 15th century; borrowed from Latin -ātus, the perfect passive participle ending of first conjugation verbs, also used to form participial adjectives from nouns. Before -ate was introduced as a suffix in Middle English, Latin-borrowed participial adjectives were written with final -at (Middle English desolat for modern desolate) and could also be used as past participles (see degenerate or communicate for remnants of it) with or without a corresponding verb ending in -aten; see Etymology 2. Doublet of -ee and, distantly, of -ed.
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