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后缀-ee附于动词后,表示动作的受动者。与之相应,动作的施动者则由后缀-er/-or表示。如:由动词trust加后缀trustee(受托人)与truster(信托人); 名词后缀-er和-ee在英语中很常见,掌握它们的用法,有利于我们更快、更准确地记单词。 “-er” 1. A person or thing that does: lover, computer, etc. 2. A person or thing that has the thing or quality mentioned: three-wheeler, foreigner, etc. 3. A person concerned with: astronomer, philosopher, etc. 4. A person belonging to: New Yorker, villager, etc. “-ee” 1. A person who receives or benefits from a specified action, with the base being a transitive verb(及物动词). For example, addressee, employee, etc. 2. Mark the performer of an act, with the base being an intransitive verb(escapee, returnee) or, less frequently, a transitive verb(attendee) or another part of speech (absentee). 练习: 选择恰当的单词并用其正确形式完成下列句子, 然后在句子后的括号内写出所填单词的汉语意思。 trainee teenager examiner committee interviewee 1. My first job was as a graduate with a bank. ( ) 2. Since his parents died early, he had to earn his own living when he w