七大特殊单词重音规则
1. 英语中派生词的重音和词根重音一致。 派生词就是一些有同样词根的词。比如: act, active, actively com’pare com’parison
2。 带有下列后缀的词:-ary, -ery, —ory, -ism, -ist, —mony, -ment, —ary等,重音通常在第一个音节上。例如: customary scientist slavery factory realism
3。 带下列前缀的词:a—, ab—, ac—, ad—, al—, be—, con-, de-, dis-, em-, en—, in-, mis—, re-, tans-, un—重音通常在第二音节上。例如: a’bout ab’duce ac'cede ad'mire be'long con’sult de'tect dis’like
4。 带下列后缀的词:—aim, —ain, -cur, —eem, -duce, -ere, —firm, —gn, -oin, —oke, —o, -pt, —rce, -lf, —ume重音通常在第二音节。 contain occur sincere design confirm
5. 带下列后缀的词:-ade, -ain, -ee, —eer, —esque, -ette, -ique, —ine, —oon重音通常在最后一个音节。这些词一般都是从法语中借来的词。例如: emplo’yee an’tique maga'zi
ne ci'gar volun'teer gaso’line
6. 带下列后缀的词:—eous, -ial, —ian, —ic, -ics, -ient, —ion, -ious, -ish, —it, -liar, -sive, -tal, -uous重音通常在倒数第二音节上。例如: oc'casion re’lation as’tonish de'posit mu'sician
7. 但是有些派生词,比如从名词派生出来的形容词,它的重音就得发生变化,通常是后移。 例如: 'science scien'tific 'accident acci'dental 'democrat demo'cratic 'politics po'litical
其实,英语词汇的重音位置通常是有规律的。例如:有些双音节词汇做名词时重音往往落在首音节上;而做动词时,重音就落在第二音节上了.这些词汇常见的有:addict,accent,abstract,annex等。
可见,掌握好并读准单词的重音有一定的规律可循。
为了便于记忆和学习,现将部分规则按重音位置和字母顺序作如下归纳,并从理论上进行简要分析.
一、归类部分
.重音落在末音节的字母组合
①以-ee结尾,读音为/i:/的词汇:
appellee chimpanzee conferee contestee decree drawee evacuee em-ployee goatee grandee guarantee indictee inductee
②以-act结尾,读音为/aekt/的词汇,多为动词:
contact contract detract distract exact enact intact interact
③—air,-aire或—are结尾,读音为/eə/的:
affair concessionaire enclair millionaire aware prepare
④以-ade结尾,读音为/eid/的词汇:
arcade brigade colonnade escalade escapade(exception:decade)
⑤以-ane结尾,读音为/ein/的词汇:
inane insane profane humane
⑥以—ceive结尾,读音为/si:v/的动词:
conceive deceive perceive receive
⑦以—duce结尾,读音为/dju:s/的词汇:
conduce deduce induce introduce reduce reproduce subduce traduceduce
⑧以-ea结尾,读音为/zi:z/或/zi:s/的词汇:
appea decea decrea dia increa predecea relea sub-lea surcea
⑨以—een结尾,读音为/i:n/的名词:
colleen canteen pretteen Salween shagreen thirteen spalpeenvelevteen yestreen
⑩以—eer结尾,读音为/niə/的名词:
cannoneer compeer domineer engineer fronteer gadgeteer gazetterpamphleteer patrioteer
(11)以-ect结尾,读音为/ekt/的动词:
affect bict collect defect direct detect correct confect connectdisinfect eject elect
(12)以—ede结尾,读音为/i:d/的动词:
accede antecede concede impede intercede precede recede retrocedecede supercede
(13)以—end结尾,读音为/end/的动词:
attend amend commend comprehend contend defend depend extendintend reprend subtend
(14)以-el结尾,读音为/el/的词汇:
compel impel Nobel marcel propel rebel(v.)
(15)以-ert结尾,读音为/ə:t/的词汇:
asrt concert convert dert introvert subvert
(16)以—e结尾,读/i:s/或/i:z/的词汇:
Chine Japane Napale sudane telegraphe vietname
(17)以-clude结尾,读音为/klu:d/的动词:
conclude exclude include occlude preclude clude
(18)以-esce结尾,读音为/es/的词汇:
coalesce deliquesce effloresce evanesce recrudesce
(19)以—ess结尾,读音为/es/的动词:
compress confess depress express impress profess redress represssuppress transgress
若不是动词,以-ess结尾,的词汇之重音位置不固定:
’progress ’congress pro'cess un'less
(20)以-est结尾,读音为/est/的动词:
adjest congest contest digest infest protest suggest
(21)以—ette结尾,读音为/et/的词汇:
castte cigarette brunette coquette chemitte forstte frittegazette gritte
(22)以-form结尾,读音为/fɔ:m/的动词:
conform perform reform transform(但uniform是名词)
(23)以-ict结尾,读音为/ikt/的动词:
afflict conflict constrict contradict inflict predict restric
(24)以-ide结尾,读音为/aid/的词汇: