综合类考试词汇辅导:构词法
(1)动词转化为名词:
Let me have a try. 我来试一试。
We stopped there for a swim. 我们在那儿停下来游了一会儿泳。
Women have an equal say in everything. 妇女在各方面都有同等的发言权。
Don’t judge a man by his looks. 不要凭外表判断人。
(2)名词转化为动词:
(3)构成形容词的后缀常用的有:
Who chaired the meeting? 谁主持会议?
It can seat a thousand people. 它能坐一千人。
Have you booked your ticket? 你的票买好了吗?
Hand in your exercise-books, please. 请把练习本交上来。
2.派生:通过加前缀或后缀构成另一个词:
(1)前缀一般不造成词类的转变,而只是引起意思上的变化。前缀中有相当一部分可构成反义词:
| 前缀 | 意思 | 例词 |
| un- | 不做相反动作 | unhappy uncomfortable undress undo |
| dis- | 不做相反动作 | dislike disagree disinfect disconnect |
| in- | 不 | informal inconvenient |
| im- | 不 | impolite impossible |
| non- | 不 | non-existent nonconductor |
还有一些表示其他意思的前缀:
| 前缀 | 意思 | 例词 |
| re- | 重新 | retell rewrite |
| co- | 共同 | co-exist co-operate |
| super- | 超级,上层 | supermarket superman |
| sub- | 下面的 | subway subdivide |
| inter- | 之间的,相互 | international interact |
(2)构成名词的后缀常用的有:
| 后缀 | 例词 |
| -er | thinker teacher |
| -or | actor sailor |
| -ee | employee trustee |
| -ess | actress waitress |
| -ness | illness happiness |
| -(a)tion | preparation dictation |
| -ment | movement government |
| -ing | building painting |
| -ship | leadership friendship |
| -hood | childhood motherhood |