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2007-05-31 08:44 |
大家应该知道英文中有不少是组合词来的吧（就是将两个词合成一个）。下面的是一些比较常见的组合词的一部分，希望整理出来对大家有点用。
root是动词（有时候两个动词也能合成一个新的词），prefix是放在动词前面的与动词组合的，而suffix是放在动词后面的。
Root Meaning Examples
Alpha beginning alphabet
Alt high altitude
Amor love amorous
Anthrop man anthropology
Aqua water aquarium
Arch first, ruler monarch
Audio hearing audiovisual
Bene well beneficial
Biblio book bibliography
Bio life biology
Cardi heart cardiac
Ceed, cede, cess to go, to yield proceed, recede, success
Cent hundred century
Chroma color chromatic
Chrono time chronic
Corp body corporation
Cosmo universe, order cosmos, cosmetic
Cracy, crat govern democracy, autocrat
Crit judge critical
Demo people democracy
Derma skin epidermis
Dicta to speak, word diction
Div separate divorce
Dormi sleep dormant
Duc, duct to lead induce, conduct
Dyna power dynamite
Ego self egotistic
Fide faith confide
Fix to place prefix
Flex to bend flexible
Fract, frag break fraction, fragile
Frat brother fraternity
Gamos marriage bigamy
Gen origin, birth generation
Geo earth geography
Geri old age geriatric
Graph to write graphics
Gyn woman gynecology
Hemo blood hemoglobin
Hetero different heterogeneous
Homo same, man homogeneous, Homo sapiens
Hydro water hydrate
Iatrics, iatry medical, treatment pediatrics, psychiatry
itis inflammation of tonsillitis
logy study, science of biology
loqui to speak eloquent
manu hand manuscript
mater, matri mother maternal, matriarch
micro small microfilm
multi many multiply
neuro nerves neurotic
onym name synonym
paleo ancient Paleozoic
pater, patri father paternal, patriarch
patho disease, feeling pathology, sympathy
ped child, foot pediatrics, pedestal
philo loving philosophy
phobia fear pyrophobia
phono sound phonetics
prim first primary
psycho mind psychotic
pyro fire pyrometer
scop instrument to see microscope
scrib, script write subscribe, transcript
spect see, behold spectator
sphere round hemisphere
tele far off television
terra earth terrace
theo God theology
therma heat thermal
Prefix Meaning Examples
A not, up, out atypical, arise, away
Ab not, away abnormal
Anti against antifreeze
Auto self automatic
Be to make, to act belittle
Bi two, twice bicuspid
Circum around circumstance
Co together, joining coed
Contra against, opposite contradict
De away, from, off decrease
Dia through, across diagonal
Dis not, separate disability
Ex from, beyond, former exchange
Extra outside, beyond extraordinary
Fore before ( in time, in place) forecast
Hemi half hemisphere
Hyper above, excessive hyperactive
Hypo under, less than hypocrite
Il, in, ir not, without illogical, irregular, inaccurate
Inter between, among interchange
Intra, intro within intravenous, introvert
Mal bad, ill malignant
Mis wrong, bad misjudge
Mono one, single monotone
Multi many multicolored
Non not nonviolent
Peri around perimeter
Poly many polygraph
Post after, later postpone
Pre before prefix
Pro before, forward proclaim, proceed
Pseudo false pseudonym
Re back, again recall
Retro back, behind retroactive
Semi half, twice in a period semicircle, semiannual
Sub beneath, lesser subhead
Sym, syn together, with sympathy
Tri three triangle
Ultra beyond, excessive ultramodern
Un not, opposite of unlock
Under beneath, lower underneath
Suffix Meaning Examples
Able, ible able, capable durable, feasible
Acy quality or state of privacy
Age condition, state of marriage
Al of, like, suitable renewal
Ance act, state of being acceptance
Ant one who is, state of being accountant, militant
Ation act, condition demonstration, separation
Cide to kill insecticide
Ee one who is absentee
Er one who is or does writer
Er to compare faster
Est most finest
Ful full of beautiful
Ic of, like alcoholic
Ion act or condition of, result of action, correction
Ish like foolish
Ism act or condition of, devotion to terrorism, capitalism
Ist one who is artist
Ive nature of permissive
Less without breathless
Ly in a certain manner softly
Ment result, act, condition excitement, movement, employment
Meter measure thermometer
Ness quality of, state of being likeness
Or one who is visitor
Ous full of anxious
Tude state, condition gratitude
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