-ee

短语

受动者；受益者

词形变化

-ees 复数

释义与例句

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  1. 1.

    Added to transitive verbs to form words meaning a person or thing that is the object of that verb (i.e., to whom or to which an action is done).

    examine + -ee → examinee

    interview + -ee → interviewee

    train + -ee → trainee

    employ + -ee → employee

  2. 2.

    Added to intransitive verbs to form words meaning a person or thing that is the subject of that verb (that is, who or that does an action).

    absent + -ee → absentee

    respond + -ee → respondee

    stand + -ee → standee

    post + -ee → postee

  3. 3.

    Used to form words meaning a person who is the other party to a contract or other transaction involving a person described by the corresponding word ending in -or.

    法律

    assign + -ee → assignee

    legate + -ee → legatee

    mortgage + -ee → mortgagee

  4. 4.

    Used to form words meaning a person who has undergone a particular medical procedure.

    医学

    laryngectomy + -ee → laryngectomee

  5. 5.

    Irregularly added to nouns to mean a person somehow associated with the object denoted by the noun.

    barge + -ee → bargee

    tender + -ee → tenderee

    venereal + -ee → venerealee

  6. 1.

    Used to form diminutives.

    boot + -ee → bootee

    goat + -ee → goatee

    settle + -ee → settee

  7. 1.

    Used in mimicking English as stereotypically spoken by the Chinese.

    贬义 冒犯
  8. 1.

    Alternative form of -y (infinitive suffix).

词源

From Middle English -ee, -ē, from Anglo-Norman and Old French -ee, French -é, -ée, endings forming past participle of verbs ending in -er. Doublet of -ate. More distantly related to inherited English -ed.

来源：wiktionary