英语词根词缀小结

英语词根词缀小结

英语单词很多都是派生词，记住一些词根和词缀对扩大词汇量有很大帮助。Prefixes:（前缀）Meaning: （意义）Example: （例词）

1.be- to make, cause to be becalm, belittle

2. out- beyond outnumber, outsize

3. fore- before, far (away) foretell, foreword

4. mal- bad, evil maltreat, malfunction

5. extra- outside, outward extrasolar, extraofficial

6. plac- to please, appease,soothe placate, placid

7. ambi- both ambiguous, ambit

8. pseudo- false pseudonym, pseudology

9. hyper- above, beyond hypersensitive, hyperoxide

10. hypo- under, beneath, down hyposensitize, hypotension

11. mis- wrong, unfavorable misuse, mispolicy

12. de- away, from, negative decentre, decompose, deform

13. eu- good eugenics, euphonic

14. di- two dichotomy, diatomic

15. dif- away, apart diffract, diffuse

16. ad-, al- to, toward adhere, allote

17. e-, ex- out eject, exclude, exit

18. ab- away, from absent, absorption

19. com-, con-, col-,co- together, with commemorate, conference

20. in-, im-, in, into, on intake, import

21. in-, im-, il-, ir- not invisible, impossible

illogical, irregular

22. micro- small microwave

23. pre- before prehistoric, preschool

24. re-, retro- backward, back, behind return, retroact

25. ante- before anteroom, antetype

26. circum- around circumstance, circumaviate

27. contra, anti- against, opposite contradict, antiwar

28. inter- between international, interstate

29. intro-, intra- within introspection

30.sub-, suc-, suf-, under substandard, succeed, suffix,

sug-, sup-, sus- suggest, supplement, suspend

31,super-, supra-, sur- above, over supermarket, supranatioal,

surface

32. tra-, trans- across tradition, transplant

33. a-, an- no, without, lacking atypical, anelectric

34. bene- well benefit

35. bi- two bicycle,bilingual

36. multi- many

multicolor,multilingual

37. semi- half semicircle,

semi-official

38. tri- three triangular, tricar

39.uni- one uniform

40. re- again retell, rewrite Suffixes:（后缀）

1. (n.) -age state, quality,act shortage, advantage

2. (n.) -er, -or one who writer, actor

3. (n.) -tion, -ation conditon, the act of pollution, education

4. (n.) -ance, ancy state, quality, act importance, performance

. (n.) -ence, ency confidence, frequency

5. (n.) -ant, -ent one who, that which applicant, correspondent

6. (n.) -crat a person connected with democrat

7. (adj.\n.) - arian variously denoting age, humanitarian, vegetarian

sec-social belief of oc-

cupation,having the quality of

8. (n.) -ee the one who (passive) employee, examinee