-ee
/iː/suffix
forming nouns ［构成名词］
1
- denoting the person affected directly or indirectly by the action of the formative verb表示“（直接或间接的）受动者”：
employee
lessee.
2
- denoting a person described as or concerned with表示“被描述为…的人”; “与…有关的人”：
absentee
patentee.
3
- denoting an object of relatively smaller size表示“相对较小的东西”：
bootee.
词源
from Anglo-Norman French -é, from Latin -atus (past participial ending). Some forms are anglicized modern French nouns （e.g. refugee from réfugié.）.