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-ite /aɪt/ suffix 1 [in nouns]SUPPORT A PERSON, GROUP, OR PLAN a follower or supporter of a particular idea or person – often used to show disapproval 〔某个观念或人的〕支持者，追随者 〔常含贬义〕 a group of Trotskyites (=followers of Trotsky’s political ideas) 一群托洛茨基分子 the Pre-Raphaelites 拉斐尔前派艺术家2 [in adjectives]BELIEVE relating to a particular set of religious or political ideas, or to the ideas of a particular person 具有〔某宗教、政治或某人〕观点的 his Reaganite opinions 他的里根主义观点3 COME FROM/ORIGINATEsomeone who lives in a particular place or belongs to a particular group 住在…的人；属于…组织的人 a Brooklynite (=someone from Brooklyn) 布鲁克林区的人 the Israelites (=in the Bible) 〔《圣经》中的〕古代以色列人Examples from the Corpus-ite• a Mennonite woman• a suburbanite• dynamite• graphiteOrigin -ite Old French Latin -ita, -ites, from Greek -ites-ite suffixChinese supporter idea particular or follower a Corpus of or a |