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 was a . ( )
3. H e is not the interviewer, but the . ( )
4. The papers are sent to . ( )
5. The has decided to dismiss him. ( )
1. trainee; 实习生 2. teenager; 青少年 3. interviewee; 参加面试者
4. examiners; 考官 5. committee; 委员会
原型 动作方 承受动作方
pay 付款 payer 付款人 payee收款人
interview 采访 interviewer 采访者 interviewee 受访者
employ 雇佣 employer 雇主 employee 雇员
examine 考试 examiner 考官 examinee 考生
trust 信托 truster / trustor 信托人 trustee 受托人
address 寄信 addresser 发信人 addressee 收信人
train 培训 trainer 培训人 trainee 受训者
lease 出租 lessor（注意or后缀）出租人 lessee 承租人
mortgage 抵押 mortgager 抵押人 mortgagee 接受抵押者
appoint 任命 appointer 任命人 appointee 受命人
er后缀，表示的是 执行 动作的人
ee后缀，表示的是 承受 动作的人