a person who supports a particular set of ideas (政党、思想的)拥护者,追随者,信徒 The movement has many enthusiastic adherents. 这个运动有许多热心的追随者。 We should not show animosity to adherents of other faiths. 我们不应该对其他信仰的信徒表现出敌意。 - adherent to something
Prescriptive grammarians are seen as blind adherents to outdated norms of formal usage. 规定性语法学家被视为过时的形式用法规范的盲目追随者。
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French adherent, from Latin adhaerent- ‘sticking to’, from the verb adhaerere , from ad- ‘to’ + haerere ‘to stick’.