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-, trans-, 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/ækt/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/eə/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/i:z/或/i: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 preteen Salween shagreen thirteen spalpeenvelevteen yestreen

⑩以-eer结尾，读音为/iə/的名词：

cannoneer compeer domineer engineer fronteer gadgeteer gazetter pamphleteer patrioteer

(11)以-ect结尾，读音为/ekt/的动词：

affect bisect collect defect direct detect correct confect connect disinfect eject elect

(12)以-ede结尾，读音为/i:d/的动词：

accede antecede concede impede intercede precede recede retrocede secede supercede

(13)以-end结尾，读音为/end/的动词：

attend amend commend comprehend contend defend depend extend intend 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/ə: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