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 ideas a Buddhist an atheist a Scottish Nationalist2 [in adjectives]BELIEVE relating to or showing a particular political or religious belief her socialist views (=political parties with right-wing opinions) rightist parties 3 [in nouns]STUDY someone who studies a particular subject, plays a particular instrument, or does a particular type of work (=someone who studies or learns languages) a linguist (=someone who writes novels) a novelist (=someone who plays the guitar) a guitarist (=someone who operates a machine) a machinist → -ologist 4 [in adjectives]XX treating people unfairly because of something (=making unfair differences between men and women) a very sexist remark 5 [in nouns]XX someone who treats people unfairly because of something They’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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