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单词 aggressee
释义

aggresseen.

Brit. /əˌɡrɛˈsiː/, U.S. /əˌɡrɛˈsi/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: aggress v., -ee suffix1.
Etymology: < aggress v. + -ee suffix1. Compare earlier aggressor n.
A person, nation, etc. towards whom or which aggression is directed; the object of an attack. Opposed to aggressor.
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1854 Opal (Utica, N.Y.) 4 211/1 This hanging or punishment by death must be done away. Two for one invariably.—Always the aggressor for the aggressee.
1895 Pall Mall Gaz. 10 Dec. 2/3 The aggressee when hard pressed, pushes an electric knob, opens the box, snatches up the pistol, [etc.].
1938 N. W. Fisher Let. 30 Sept. in E. O'Halpin Head of Civil Service (1989) 248 [The air force was] seriously reconsidering the relationship between bombers and fighters from the point of view of this country being the aggressee.
1981 J. D. MacDonald Free Fall in Crimson v. 46 Despite all the new freedoms everybody claims they have, I still feel strange when I am the aggressee.
2007 Maclean's (Nexis) 24 Sept. 20 Violence corrupts absolutely everything it touches, not just the aggressor but the aggressee and the witness and the policeman.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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