英语常用词性后缀

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,总量,程度/ importance,diligence,difference,obedience

4)-ancy,-ency,表示/性质,状态,行为,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,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,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,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