forming nouns ［构成名词］
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- denoting status or office表示“身份”, “职务”：
doctorate
episcopate.
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- denoting a state or function表示“状态”, “作用”：
curate
mandate.
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- denoting a group表示“团体”：
electorate.
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- Chemistry denoting a salt or ester, especially of an acid with a corresponding name ending in -ic【化】表示“…酸盐”, “…酸酯”：
chlorate
nitrate.
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- denoting a product of a chemical process表示“化学反应的产物”：
condensate
filtrate.
词源
from Old French -at or Latin -atus, -ata, -atum.
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- forming adjectives and nouns such as associate, duplicate, separate［构成形容词和名词, 如associate, duplicate 和 separate］。
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- forming adjectives from Latin［构成源于拉丁词的形容词］：
caudate.
词源
from Latin -atus, -ata， -atum.