1. 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)-able, -ible, 如visible, flexible
2)名词-ish, 如foolish, bookish, selfish(注意accomplish, vanish)
3)-ive, 如active, sensitive, productive
4)-like,如 manlike, childlike
5)名词-ly, 如manly, fatherly, scholarly, motherly
6)-some, 如troublesome, handsome
7)-ful, 如beautiful, wonderful, helpful, truthful
8)-ous, 如dangerous, generous, courageous, various
9)-ent, 如violent
10)-most,如 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
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