英语单词的重音规则

七大特殊单词重音规则
1. 英语中派生词的重音和词根重音一致。

派生词就是一些有同样词根的词。

比如：act, active, actively com'pare com'parison
2. 带有下列后缀的词：-ary, -ery, -ory, -ism, -ist, -mony, -ment, -ary等，重音通常在第一个音节上。

例如：customary scientist slavery factory realism
3. 带下列前缀的词：a-, ab-, ac-, ad-, al-, be-, con-, de-, dis-, em-, en-, in-, mis-, re-, tans-, un-重音通常在第二音节上。

例如：a'bout ab'duce ac'cede ad'mire be'long con'sult de'tect dis'like
4. 带下列后缀的词：-aim, -ain, -cur, -eem, -duce, -ere, -firm, -gn, -oin, -oke, -ose, -pt, -rce, -self, -ume重音通常在第二音节。

contain occur sincere design confirm
5. 带下列后缀的词：-ade, -ain, -ee, -eer, -esque, -ette, -ique, -ine, -oon重音通常在最后一个音节。

这些词一般都是从法语中借来的词。

例如：emplo'yee an'tique maga'zine ci'gar volun'teer gaso'line
6. 带下列后缀的词：-eous, -ial, -ian, -ic, -ics, -ient, -ion, -ious, -ish, -it, -liar, -sive, -tal, -uous重音通常在倒数第二音节上。

例如：oc'casion re'lation as'tonish de'posit mu'sician
7. 但是有些派生词，比如从名词派生出来的形容词，它的重音就得发生变化，通常是后移。

例如：'science scien'tific 'accident acci'dental 'democrat demo'cratic 'politics po'litical
其实，英语词汇的重音位置通常是有规律的。

例如：有些双音节词汇做名词时重音往往落在首音节上；而做动词时，重音就落在第二音节上了。

这些词汇常见的有：addict，accent，abstract，annex等。

可见，掌握好并读准单词的重音有一定的规律可循。

为了便于记忆和学习，现将部分规则按重音位置和字母顺序作如下归纳，并从理论上进行简要分析。

一、归类部分
．重音落在末音节的字母组合
①以-ee结尾，读音为/i:/的词汇：
appellee chimpanzee conferee contestee decree drawee evacuee em-ployee goatee grandee guarantee indictee inductee
②以-act结尾，读音为/aekt/的词汇，多为动词：
contact contract detract distract exact enact intact interact
③-air，-aire或-are结尾，读音为/e?/的：
affair concessionaire enclair millionaire aware prepare
④以-ade结尾，读音为/eid/的词汇：
arcade brigade colonnade escalade escapade （exception：decade）
⑤以-ane结尾，读音为/ein/的词汇：
inane insane profane humane
⑥以-ceive结尾，读音为/si:v/的动词：
conceive deceive perceive receive
⑦以-duce结尾，读音为/dju:s/的词汇：
conduce deduce induce introduce reduce reproduce subduce traduceseduce
⑧以-ease结尾，读音为/zi:z/或/zi:s/的词汇：
appease decease decrease disease increase predecease release sub-lease surcease
⑨以-een结尾，读音为/i:n/的名词：
colleen canteen pretteen Salween shagreen thirteen spalpeenvelevteen yestreen
⑩以-eer结尾，读音为/ni?/的名词：
cannoneer compeer domineer engineer fronteer gadgeteer gazetterpamphleteer patrioteer
(11)以-ect结尾，读音为/ekt/的动词：
affect bisect collect defect direct detect correct confect connectdisinfect eject elect
accede antecede concede impede intercede precede recede retrocedesecede supercede
(13)以-end结尾，读音为/end/的动词：
attend amend commend comprehend contend defend depend extendintend represend subtend
(14)以-el结尾，读音为/el/的词汇：
compel impel Nobel marcel propel rebel（v．）
(15)以-ert结尾，读音为/?:t/的词汇：
assert concert convert desert introvert subvert
(16)以-ese结尾，读/i:s/或/i:z/的词汇：
Chinese Japanese Napalese sudanese telegraphese vietnamese
(17)以-clude结尾，读音为/klu:d/的动词：
conclude exclude include occlude preclude seclude (18)以-esce结尾，读音为/es/的词汇：
coalesce deliquesce effloresce evanesce recrudesce (19)以-ess结尾，读音为/es/的动词：
compress confess depress express impress profess redress represssuppress transgress
若不是动词，以-ess结尾，的词汇之重音位置不固定：
'progress 'congress pro'cess un'less
adjest congest contest digest infest protest suggest (21)以-ette结尾，读音为/et/的词汇：
cassette cigarette brunette coquette chemisette forssette frisettegazette grisette
(22)以-form结尾，读音为/f?:m/的动词：
conform perform reform transform（但uniform是名词）(23)以-ict结尾，读音为/ikt/的动词：
afflict conflict constrict contradict inflict predict restric (24)以-ide结尾，读音为/aid/的词汇：
aside astride beside confide divide provide reside subside
(25)以-ign结尾，读音为/ain/的动词：
assign condign design consign resign
(26)以-ire结尾，读音为/ai?/的动词：
conspire esquire expire desire inquire inspire require respire
(27)以-lapse结尾，读音为/aeps/的词汇：
collapse prolapse relapse
(28)以-mit结尾，读音为/mit/的词汇：
admit commit demit emit intermit omit permit pretermit remitsubmit transmit
（若是名词，重音落在首音节，如：'limit 'summit 'vomit）(29)以-ort结尾，读音为/?:t/的动词：
disport distort escort export import report retort support trans-port
（若是名词，重音多落在首音节：escort export import bistort purport等。

）
(30)以-ore结尾，读音为/?:/的词汇：
afore before deplore explore restore
(31)以-pose结尾，读音为/p?uz/、/p?us/的动词：depose decompose expose impose interpose oppose indispose predis-pose propose suppose
(32)以-scribe结尾，读音为/skraib/的词汇：
conscribe describe escribe prescribe subscribe transcribe
(33)以-scend结尾，读音为/send/的词汇：
ascend condescend descend transcend
(34)以-oon结尾，读音为/u:n/的词汇：
afternoon balloon buffoon cartoon cocoon decocoon dragoon festoongalloon octoroon pocaroon （exception：forenoon）
(35)以-que结尾，读音为/k/的词汇：
antique boutique blottesque burlesque arabesque
cacique critiquegrotesque Japanesque mystique (36)以-r结尾，现在分词和过去分词均要双写r（-red，-ring）：demur incur inter infer occur prefer recur refer transfer (37)以-uct结尾，读音为/akt/的词汇：
conduct construct deduct instruct obstruct product (38)以-ult结尾，读音为/alt/的词汇：
consult exult insult occult midcult result
(39)以-ume结尾，读音为/ju:m/的词汇：
assume consume perfume presume subsume
(40)以-use结尾，读音为/ju:s/或/ju:z/的词汇：
accuse confuse excuse perfuse refuse suffuse transfuse
(41)以-ure结尾，读音为/ju?/的词汇：
accure impure immure insecure insure inure mature obscure per-dure procure secure（exceptions：'epicure 'manicure）
2．重音落在倒数第二个音节的字母组合：
①以-ial结尾，读音为/??l/、/i?l/或/j?l/的词汇：
/??l/：confidential decrial existential impartial inferential inffluentialinitial prejudicial sacrificial substantial
/i?l/：authorial bimestrial colloquial gressorial material
mercurialministerial motorial pictorial prefatorial tectorial visitorial
/j?l/：antimonial bicentennial colonial
②以-ian结尾，读音为/??n/、/i?n+n/、/j+n/的词汇：/??n/：academician arithmetician acoustician electrician Eurasian Lin-guistician musician Persian politician practician
/i?n/、/j?n/：Cantabrigian collegian Colombian historian rosarian salu-tatorian subclavian
③以-ia结尾，读音为/j?/的词汇：
国名、地名：Australia Ethiopia Indonesia Malaysia Mauritania Roma-nia
医学：abulia achromatopsia acidemia acrophobia aerophobia bilharziainsomnia
其他：academia acedia cryptomeria razzia encyclopedia
④以-ic结尾，读音为/ik/偶或包括以-ics结尾的词汇：atomatic atmospheric autarkic autographic ballistic climatic cosmeticenteric epidemic
⑤以-ior结尾，读音为/i+/的词汇，形容词居多：
inferior junior posterior prior senior superior ulterior ⑥以-it结尾，读音为/it/的词汇：
cohabit demerit discredit discomfit decrepit deposit explicit dispiritdisinherit inspirit inherit inhabit inhibit reposit transit visit
⑦以-scence（n．）或-scent（adj）结尾：
acescence acquiescence deliquescence convalescence evanescence obso-lescence reminiscence renascence decrescent marcescent pubescent re-crudescent quiescent resipiscent suffrutescent
⑧以-ion或-sion结尾：
accusaion abolition confusion explosion decision impression persua-sion excitation suggestion invitation
3．重音落在倒数第三个音节的字母组合：
①以-fy结尾，读音为/fai/的动词：
acidify identify intensify emulsify lapidify personify qualify modifyprettify simplify transmogrify
②以-ical结尾，读音为/ikl/的词汇：
academical chemical electrical political periodical encyclical teleologi-cal inimical theoretical technological
③以-icide结尾，读音为/isaid/的词汇：
suicide aborticide acaricide foeticide fratricide herbicide infanticideliberticide uxoricide
④以-itude结尾，读音为/itju:d/的词汇：
attitude decrepitude infinitude lassitude latitude platitude
⑤以-ity结尾，读音为/iti/的词汇：
ability curiosity civility facility fragility opportunity personalitypossibility sensitivity simplicity speciality utility vanity whimsicality
⑥以-graph或-phy结尾，读音为/gr?f/或/fi/的词汇：aerography bibliography biography calligraphy chirography geographylexicography photography planography telegraphy theosophy philosophy
⑦以-ology结尾，读音为/?l?d?/的词汇：
aerology bibliology bryology crytology ecology Egyptology lexicologytechnology pestology psychology testaceology teleology theology zoology ⑧以-otomy结尾，读音为/?t?mi/的词汇：
neurotomy tenotomy tracheotomy trichotomy
⑨以-ular结尾，读音为/jul?/的词汇：
biangular binocular consular insular intercelluar ocular orbicularpopular particular secular regular
triangular
4．词汇加了前缀后的重读位置
①重读落在第一音节的词汇，加前缀后，重读位置不变：'dazzle—be'dazzle 'operate—co'operate
'force—en'force 'logical—il'logical
'literate—il'literate 'constant—in'constant
②重读落在第二音节的词汇，加前缀后，原重读位置不受影响，但前缀的字母组合作为一个音节可重读或次重读：
pro'duce—'repro'duce
'graduate—'post'graduate
'national—'inter'national
im'pressionism—'neo-imp'ressionism
（the only exception：'finite—'infinie）。