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-ee 1suff.（后缀）- One that receives or benefits from a specified action:动作的承受者：特定动作的承受者或受益者：addressee.收信人
- One that possesses a specified thing:某物的拥有者：mortgagee.抵押人
- One that performs a specified action:实行某一行为的人：absentee.缺席者
- Middle English 中古英语
- from Anglo-Norman -e, -ee [past participle suff.] 源自 英法语 -e, -ee [后缀，表“过去完成式”]
- from Latin -ātus * see -ate 1源自 拉丁语 -ātus * 参见 -ate1
- Reflecting its origins in the French passive participle ending-é (feminine -ée ), the suffix-ee was first used in English to refer to indirect objects and then direct objects of transitive verbs,particularly in legal contexts (as indonee, lessee, or trustee ) and military and political jargon ( draftee, trainee, or nominee ). Beginning around the mid-19th century,primarily in American English,it was often extended to denote the agent or subject of an intransitive verb;for example,standee, returnee, or attendee. Although the pattern is very commonand a number of these coinages,such ashonoree, deportee, and escapee, have become widely accepted, in generalthey retain an informal character as jocular nonce words.反应出该词缀源自法语过去完成式的词尾-e （阴性 -ee ）。 后缀-ee 起先用于英语中是指间接宾语， 后来才指及物动词的直接宾语，特别在法律用语中（如donee,lessee 或 trustee ）及军事、政治用语( draftee,trainee 或 nominee )。 从19世纪中叶左右开始，主要在美国英语中，该词常被扩展成表示不及物动词的施事者或主体，如：standee,returnee 或 attendee。 尽管这种类型是非常普遍的，并且大量的这种新造词，如honoree,deportee 及 escapee 都已被广泛接受， 但一般来讲，这些词仍带有非正式色彩的作为玩笑式的临时生造词
-ee 2suff.（后缀）- One resembling:与某物（人）相象：goatee.山羊胡子
- A particular, especially a diminutive kind of:特指小型的：特殊种类，尤指小型的：bootee.幼儿无线鞋
- One connected with:与…有关：bargee.驳船上的船员
- Variant of -y 1 -y1的变体
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