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adherent

/ad-heer-uhnt, -her-/US // ædˈhɪər ənt, -ˈhɛr- //UK // (ədˈhɪərənt) //

追随者,粘附性,粘着性,粘附者

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a person who follows or upholds a leader, cause, etc.; supporter; follower.
adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : sticking; clinging; adhering: an adherent substance.
    • : bound by contract or other formal agreement: the nations adherent to the Geneva Convention.
    • : Biology. adnate.
    • : Grammar. standing before and modifying a noun; attributive.

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Examples

  • As recently as last year, Greene had been an open adherent of the QAnon ideology, a sprawling and violent web of false claims that played a role in inspiring the Capitol attack.

  • His former national security adviser, Michael Flynn, also became perhaps its most high-profile adherent.

  • She is a QAnon adherent in the most obvious sense that her approach to reality echoes the movement’s.

  • He then made a jokey remark about being an adherent of the “simulation hypothesis”.

  • She spent $211,000 to advertise on Parler, the social media site that attracted adherents to QAnon, according to Federal Election Commission records.

  • But the Brotherhood proved a less-than-stalwart adherent to Hamas's agenda.

  • Twenty-five percent of Americans believe that Obama is an adherent of Islam.

  • This callous skin is even adherent to the bones, against which it is continually pressed by the weight of the body.

  • Sulla, throughout his whole life, was a consistent adherent of the extreme oligarchical party.

  • Reuben had another adherent who was also acting on his behalf.

  • An adherent coating may be obtained by adding an alkaline tartrate, but in that case the separation takes place too slowly.

  • Mrs. Felsburg was distinguished for being a rigid adherent to the ritualistic laws of her people.