| 单词 | -ist |
| 释义 | -ist From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English-ist-ist /ɪst/ suffix1 [in nouns]BELIEVE someone who believes in a particular religion or set of principles or ideasa Buddhistan atheista Scottish Nationalist2 [in adjectives]BELIEVE relating to or showing a particular political or religious beliefher socialist viewsrightist parties (=political parties with right-wing opinions)3 [in nouns]STUDY someone who studies a particular subject, plays a particular instrument, or does a particular type of worka linguist (=someone who studies or learns languages)a novelist (=someone who writes novels)a guitarist (=someone who plays the guitar)a machinist (=someone who operates a machine) → -ologist 4 [in adjectives]XX treating people unfairly because of somethinga very sexist remark (=making unfair differences between men and women)5 [in nouns]XX someone who treats people unfairly because of somethingThey’re a bunch of racists.Examples from the Corpus-ist• a Baptist• an Impressionist painter• her feminist views• Marxist theory• the Communist partyOrigin -ist Old French -iste, from Latin -ista, -istes, from Greek -istes, from verbs ending in -izein; → -IZE |
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