常见的后缀~
1. 名词后缀.
(1) 具有某种职业或动作的人
1)-an, -ain, 表示"……地方的人,精通……的人”American, historian,
2)-al, 表示"具有……职务的人" principal,
3)-ant,-ent, 表示"……者” merchant, agent, rvant, student,
4)-ar, 表示"……的人” scholar, liar, peddler
5)-ard, -art, 表示"做……的人”coward, laggard, braggart(夸张者)
6)-arian, 表示"……派别的人, ……主义的人”humanitarian, vegetarian
7)-ary, 表示"从事……的人" cretary, missionary
8)-ate, 表示"具有……职责的人" candidate, graduate
9)-ator, 表示"做……的人" educator, speculator(投机者)
10)-crat, 表示"某种政体,主义的支持者" democrat, bureaucrat
11)-ee, 表示"动作承受者" employee, examinee
12)-eer, 表示"从事于……人" engineer, volunteer
13)-er, 表示"从事某种职业的人, 某地区,地方的人" banker, obrver, Londoner,
24)-ist, 表示"从事……研究者,信仰……主义者" pianist, communist, dentist, artist, chemist
27)-or, 表示"……者" author, doctor, operator,
(2). 构成,具有抽象名词的含义
1)-acy, 表示"性质,状态,境遇" accuracy, diplomacy
2)-age, 表示"状态,行为,身份及其结果,总称" courage, storage, marriage
3)-al, a) 表示"事物的动作,过程”proposal,refusal, arrival, survival, denial, approval
b) 表示具体的事物manual, signal, editorial, journal
4)-ance, -ence表示"性质,状况,行为,过程,总量,程度” endurance, importance, diligence, difference, obedience
5)-ancy, -ency, 表示"性质,状态,行为,过程" frequency, urgency, efficiency,
6)-bility, 表示"动作,性质,状态" possibility, feasibility,
7)-craft, 表示"工艺,技巧” woodcraft, handicraft, statecraft(治国策)
8)-cracy, 表示"统治,支配" bureaucracy, democracy
9)-cy, 表示"性质,状态,职位,级别" bankruptcy(破产),supremacy
10)-dom, 表示"等级,领域,状态" freedom, kingdom, wisdom
11)-ery, -ry, 表示"行为,状态,习性" bravery, bribery, rivalry
12)-ety, 表示"性质,状态” variety, dubiety(怀疑)
13)-faction, -facture, 表示"作成,……化,作用" satisfaction, manufacture
14)-hood, 表示"资格,身份, 年纪,状态" childhood, manhood, falhood
17)-ing, 表示"动作的过程,结果" building, writing, learning
18)-ion, -sion, -tion, -ation, -ition, 表示"行为的过程,结果,状况" action, solution, conclusion, destruction, expression, correction
19)-i, 表示"性质,状态” exerci, merchandi(商业)
20)-ism, 表示"制度,主义,学说,信仰,行为" socialism, criticism, colloquialism, heroism
21)-ity, 表示"性质,状态,程度” purity, reality, ability, calamity
22)-ment, 表示"行为,状态,过程,手段及其结果 treatment, movement, judgment, punishment, argument
24)-ness, 表示"性质,状态,程度" goodness, kindness, tiredness, friendliness
27)-ship, 表示"情况,性质,技巧,技能及身份,职业” hardship, membership, friendship
28)-th, 表示"动作,性质,过程,状态" depth, wealth, truth, length, growth
30)-ure, 表示"行为,结果" exposure, pressure, failure, procedure(手续),
31)-y, 表示"行为的结果,状态,性质” glory, history, victory, inquiry
(3) 带有场所,地方的含义
1)-age, 表示"住所,地点" village, cottage
2)-ary, 表示"住所,场地" library, granary (谷仓)
3)-ery, ry, 表示"工作场所,饲养所,地点" laundry, nurry, surgery(手术室)
4)-ory, 表示"工作场所,住处" factory, dormitory, laboratory, obrvatory
(4) 带有学术,科技含义
1)-graphy, 表示"……学,写法” biography, calligraphy, geography
2)-ic, ics, 表示"……学……法" logic, mechanics, optics, electronics
3)-ology, 表示"……学……论”biology, zoology, technology(工艺学)
4)-nomy, 表示"……学……术" astronomy, economy, bionomy(生态学)
5)-ery, 表示"学科,技术" chemistry, cookery, machinery
6)-y, 表示"……学,术,法” photography, philosophy
(5) 表示人和事物的总和,集合含义
1)-age, baggage, tonnage
2)-dom, newspaperdom(新闻界)
3)-hood, neighbourhood, womanhood
4)-ry, cavalry, ministry(内阁)
5)-ure, legislature, judicature
(6) 表示物品和物质名称的含义
1)-ant, ent, solvent, constant
2)-al, signal, pictorial(画报)
3)ar, collar, pillar(石柱)
4)- er, boiler, computer, washer, cooker
5)-ery, drapery(绸缎)
6)-ing, clothing, matting,
7)-ment, instrument, equipment, attachment
(7) 表示“细小”的含义
1)-cle, particle(微粒),
2)-cule, molecule(分子)
3)-el, parcel
4)-en, chicken, maiden
5)-et, pocket, ticket
6)-etta, -ette, etto, cigarette, essayette(短文)
7)-kin, napkin
8)-ling, duckling,
9)-let, booklet
10)-y, baby, doggy
2. 形容词后缀.
(1)带有“属性,倾向,相关”的含义
1)-able, -ible, movable, comfortable, applicable, visible, responsible
2)-al, natural, additional, educational
3)-an, ane, urban, suburban, republican
4)-ant, -ent, distant, important, excellent
5)-ar, similar, popular, regular
6)-ary, military, voluntary
7)-ice, -atie, ical, politic, systematic, historic, physical,
8)-ine, masculine, feminine, marine
9)-ing, moving, touching, daring
10)-ish, foolish, bookish, lfish
11)-ive, active, impressive, decisive
12)-ory, satisfactory, compulsory
13)-il, -ile, -eel, fragile, genteel(文雅的)
(2) 表示“相象,类似”的含义
1)-ish, boyish, childish
2)-esque, picturesque
3)-like, manlike, childlike
4)-ly, manly, fatherly, scholarly, motherly
5)-some, troublesome, handsome
6)-y, milky, pasty
(3) 表示“充分的”含义
1)-ful, beautiful, wonderful, helpful, truthful
2)-ous, dangerous, generous, courageous, various
3)-ent, violent
(4) 表示由某种物质形成,制成或生产的含义
1)-en, wooden, golden, woolen
2)-ous, gaous
3)-fic, scientific
(5) 表示方向的含义
1)-ern, eastern, western
2)-ward, downward, forward
(6) 表示“倍数”的含义
1)-ble, double, treble
2)-ple, triple
3)-fold, twofold, tenfold
(7) 表示“数量关系”的含义
1)-teen, thirteen
2)-ty, fifty
3)-th, fourth, fiftieth
(8) 表示国籍,语种,宗教的含义
1)-an, Roman, European
2)-e, Chine,
3)-ish, English, Spanish
(9) 表示“比较程度”的含义
1)-er, greater
2)-ish, reddish, yellowish
3)-est, highest
4)-most, foremost, topmost
(10)其他的含义
-less, 表示否定,countless, stainless, wireless
3. 动词后缀.
1)-ize, i, 表示"做成,变成,……化“modernize, mechanize, democratize, organize
2)-en, 表示"使成为,引起,使有” quicken, weaken, soften, harden
3)-ify, 表示"使……化, 使成”beautify, purify, intensify, signify, simplify
4)-ish, 表示"使,令” finish, abolish, diminish, establish
5)-ate, 表示“成为……,处理,作用” parate, operate, indicate
4. 副词后缀
1)-ly, possibly, swiftly, simply
2)-ward, -wards, downward, inwards, upward
3)-ways, always, sideways
4)-wi, otherwi, clockwi