動詞后綴:
常見的此類后綴及其具體含義如下:
1、-ify意為:轉(zhuǎn)為,變?yōu)椋╰o turn into,to make or become)例詞:beautify, diversify,simplify.
2、-ize;-en意為:使……,變得……(to make or become ;to make into)例詞:modernize,popularize,legalize,hospitalize,symbolize,ripen,widen,heighten,threaten.
3、-ate意為:增加,使……(give or add,make or become)例詞:originate, hydrogenate,validate,differentiate.
副詞后綴:
常見的此類后綴及其具體含義如下:
1、-ly意為:以……方式(in a...manner;etc.)
例詞:happily, boldly,attentive- ly,strangely.
2、-ward(s)意為:表示方式或動作的方向(manner and direction of movement)。
例詞:onward(s),backward(s),earthward(s),homeward(s),eastward(s)。
3、-wise意為:
1)按照……方式(in the manner of)例詞:crabwise,clockwise.
2)就……而言(as far as ...is concerned)例詞:weatherwise ,educationwise.
有一個原因的單音節(jié)詞,結(jié)尾只有一個單音輔音,在加以元音后綴是,要雙寫這個輔音.例詞:run + er = runner hit + ing = hitting.