第六章 探索英语形容词后缀之谜 Exploring the Mystery of English Adjective Suffixes

形容词后缀的特点 带有“属性，倾向，相关”的含义 1)-able, -ible是able的异体,属于原生词缀. movable, comfortable, applicable, visible, responsible 2)-al, natural, additional, educational 3)-an, ane, urban, suburban, republican 4)-ant, -ent, distant, important, excellent 5)-ar, similar, popular, regular 6)-ary, military, voluntary 7)-ice, -atie, ical, politic, systematic, historic, physical, 8)-ine, masculine, feminine, marine 9)-ing, moving, touching, daring 10)-ish, foolish, bookish, selfish 11)-ive, active, impressive, decisive 12)-ory, satisfactory, compulsory 13)-il, -ile, -eel, fragile, genteel(文雅的) 表示“相象，类似”的含义 1)-ish, boyish, childish 2)-esque, picturesque 3)-like, manlike, childlike 4)-ly, manly, fatherly, scholarly, motherly 5)-some, troublesome, handsome 6)-y, milky, pasty 表示“相象，类似”的含义 1)-ful, beautiful, wonderful, helpful, truthful 2)-ous, dangerous, generous, courageous, various 3)-ent, violent, 表示由某种物质形成，制成或生产的含义 1)-en, wooden, golden, woolen 2)-ous, gaseous 3)-fic, scientific 表示方向的含义 1)-ern, eastern, western 2)-ward, downward, forward 表示“倍数”的含义 1)-ble, double, treble 2)ple, triple 3)-fold, twofold, tenfold 表示“数量关系”的含义 1)-teen, thirteen 2)-ty, fifty 3)-th, fourth, fiftieth 表示国籍，语种，宗教的含义 1)-an, Roman, European 2)-ese, Chinese, 3)-ish, English, Spanish 表示“比较程度”的含义 1)-er, greater 2)-ish, reddish, yellowish 3)-est, highest 4)-most, foremost, topmost 其他的含义 -less, 表示否定，countless, stainless, wireless