- someone who supports a particular party, person, or set of ideas追随者, 拥护者, 信徒：
he was a strong adherent of monetarism.
他是货币主义的忠实信徒。
- sticking fast to an object or surface粘的, 粘着的：
any adherent sand grains are easily removed.
任何粘着沙粒都很容易被除去。
派生词
adherence
noun词源
late Middle English: from Old French adherent, from Latin adhaerent- 'sticking to'， from the verb adhaerere （see ADHERE）.