名词后缀
1)-or/er/ess/crat/cis:做某件事情或职业的人或物:worker, debtor
2)-acy, 表示\"性质,状态,境遇\" democracy, accuracy, diplomacy
3)-ance, -ence表示\"性质,状况,行为,过程,总量,程度” importance, diligence, difference, obedience
4)-ancy, -ency, 表示\"性质,状态,行为,过程\" frequency, urgency, efficiency,
5)-bility, 表示\"动作,性质,状态\" possibility, flexibility, feasibility,
6)-dom, 表示\"等级,领域,状态\" freedom, kingdom, wisdom
7)-hood, 表示\"资格,身份, 年纪,状态\" childhood, manhood, falsehood
8)-ion, -sion, -tion, -ation, -ition, 表示\"行为的过程,结果,状况\" action, solution, conclusion, destruction, expression, correction
9)-ism, 表示\"制度,主义,学说,信仰,行为\" socialism, criticism, colloquialism, heroism
10)-ity, 表示\"性质,状态,程度” purity, reality, ability, calamity
11)-ment, 表示\"行为,状态,过程,手段及其结果 treatment, movement, judgment, punishment, argument
12)-ness, 表示\"性质,状态,程度\" goodness, kindness, tiredness, friendliness
13)-ship, 表示\"情况,性质,技巧,技能及身份,职业” hardship, membership, friendship
14)-th, 表示\"动作,性质,过程,状态\" depth, wealth, truth, length, growth
15)-tude, 表示\"性质,状态,程度\" latitude, altitude(海拔)
16)-ure, 表示\"行为,结果\" exposure, pressure, failure, procedure(手续),
17-grapy, 表示\"……学,写法” biography, calligraphy, geography
18)-ic, ics, 表示\"……学……法\" logic, mechanics, electronics, linguistics
19)-ology, 表示\"……学……论”biology, zoology, technology(工艺学)
20)-nomy, 表示\"……学……术\" astronomy, economy, bionomy(生态学)
2. 形容词后缀
(1)带有“属性,倾向,相关”的含义
1)-able, -ible, visible, flexible
2)名词-ish, foolish, bookish, selfish(注意accomplish, vanish)
3)-ive, active, sensitive, productive
4)-like, manlike, childlike
5)名词-ly, manly, fatherly, scholarly, motherly
6)-some, troublesome, handsome
7)-ful, beautiful, wonderful, helpful, truthful
8)-ous, dangerous, generous, courageous, various
9)-ent, violent
10)-most, foremost, topmost
11)less, 表示否定,countless, stainless, wireless
3. 动词后缀
1)-ize, ise, 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)-fy, 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” separate, operate, indicate
4. 副词后缀
(形容词)-ly:bad→badly坏地/恶劣地,careful→carefully小心地
-wise(OE):clock→clockwise(a./adv.)顺时针方向的(地);like→likewise同样地
-wards:out→outwards向外面地,north→northwards向北方地