单词重音的一般规律

单词重音的一般规律

英语单词重音是有规律可循的。我们可以根据单词的前级、后缀、词类以及音营少等来判断一个单词的重音所在。下面是英语单词重音的一般规律:

1)双音节和三音节词的重音一般都落在第一一个音节上:

‘Comrade ‘country

‘Brother ‘soldier

‘window ‘family

'family 'library

2). 若第一个音节是一个前缀)则重音落在第二个音节(即词根)上: Be’long

Pre’pare

in'tense

im'prove

Su’ccess

de'velop

dis'cuss

re'sistance

ex'pense

ac'complish

3)有些词并没有前缀,但重音也落在第二个音节上(主要是从法语中借人的词)。这类词为数不多,要个别记住:

Ma’chine

po'lice

cam'paign

po'lite

ca'nal

ho'tel

4)多音节词的重音一般落在倒数第三个音节上:

Sig’nificant

‘modernise

phe'nomenon

'organise

de'mocracy

com'pulsory

Phi’losophy

Po’litical

5)单词中包含有下列后缀者,其重音落在后缀前一音节上:

-ion

Nation revo'lution

di'rection opinion

dic'tation per'mission

-ic

his'toric he'roic

ar'tistic ‘phonetic -ical

me'chanical 'chemical

po'litical ‘critical

-ify

Elec’trify ‘pacify

‘Beautify ‘magnify

-ity

sta'bility uni'versity ve'locity ‘density

-ian

phy'sician gram'marian li'brarian elec'trician -ial

es'sential po'tential -eous

Cou’rageous ‘gorgeous -ious

‘Precious ma'licious -ual

e'ventual 'mutual

-iar

Fa’miliar pe'culiar

-ience

ex'perience ex'pedience -iency

E’fficiency ex'pediency -ient

Efficient ex'pedient -uous

con'tinuous 'sensuous

-itive

in'finitive de'finitive -logy

Ge’ology bi’ology

-logist

Ge’ologist bi’ologist

-graphy

ge'ography pho'tography -tis

hepa'titis ente'ritis tonsi'litis arth'ritis

6)下列后缀对单词重音的位置没有影响：-er,-or,-ary,-ory,-cy,-ment,-ty, -ble,-ly,-ness,-ful,-less,-ing,-ish等.

例如:

‘Prison-’prisoner

conquer-'conqueror

‘custom-’customary

im'prove- im'provement

‘proper-’property

‘happen-’happening

happy-happiness-happily

‘beauty-’beautiful

‘pass-’passable

sense-'senseless

self-'selfish-'selfishness

self-selfless-'selflessness