构词法WordFormation在英语中,词的构成方式主要有三种:合成、转化和派生。一、合成Compounding两个或更多的词合成一个词。方式:1.直接写在一起。2.用连字符(-)连接。3.由两个分开的词构成。(1)合成形容词方式例词1形容词+形容词red-hot2形容词+名词first-class,full-time,part-time3形容词+现在分词good-looking,free-thinking,4形容词+过去分词ready-made5形容词+名词-edgood-tempered,middle-aged,cold-blooded6名词+名词-ediron-willed7名词+形容词world-famous,day-long8名词+现在分词beauty-loving,freedom-loving,job-hunting,9名词+过去分词man-made,water-covered,10副词+形容词ever-green11副词+现在分词hard-working,far-seeing12副词+过去分词well-prepared,quickly-cured,well-known13数词+名词five-year14数词+名词+形容词five-year-old15数词+名词-edfour-legged,six-storied(2)合成动词构成方式例词1名词+动词day-dream2副词+动词overcome,upturn翻起3形容词+动词white-wash(3)合成名词构成方式例词1名词+名词horseback,bank-note,newspaper,cellphone,2形容词+名词back-yard,forehead,3动名词+名词hidingplace,reading-room4动词+副词get-off,breakin,5副词+动词output,overflow(4)合成副词however,maybe,wherever,whenever,forever(5)合成代词whoever,,whatever,everyone,nobody,myself,something,anything,二、派生Derivation前缀前缀含义例词a-处在……arise,aside,aloneen-使可能enrich,enable,enslavedis-不,否定dissatisfy,dishonest,disappear,disorder,disagreeun-不做相反动作unable,unknown,uncommon,uncomfortable,unfair,unclose,undress,uncover,untiein-im-ir-il-不,非inactive,incapable,inpatient,incorrectimpossible,impersonal,impolite,immature,impracticalirregular,irresponsibleillogical,non-不,非nonexistent,non-interference,non-conductor,non-stopde-向相反方向发展Decentralize(分散),defrost(解冻)anti-反(对)anti-freeze,anti-fascistmis-错误的,坏的misdoings,misunderstand,misfortunere重复,再rewrite,remarry,reunite,recycle,co-共同co-exist,co-operate,co-educationex以前的Ex-husband,ex-presidenttele远程telephone,telegraph,telescopesuper-在上面,超级supermarket,superpower,under-在……之下underline,underestimate,underground,inter-相互,之间international,interact,inter-changesub-下,次subtitle,submarine,subconscious,subcontinent,trans-过,穿过,变transformation(变形),translatevice-副vice-premier,vice-presidentsemi-半semifinal,semicircle,semi-automaticbi两个bicycle,biennial两年一次的tri三个triangle三角形,tricycle三轮脚踏车,triplets三胞胎mul-多,多种multiply,multi-national,multi-colouredkilo-千kilometre,kilogram后缀后缀例词名词-erfarmer,weaver,pain-killer,murderer,,villager,stranger,speaker,cooker,recorder,heater-essactress,waitress,princess,hostess-orconductor,sailor,transistor,operator,-arbeggar-eseChinese,Portuguese,Japanese-ianmusician,Egyptian,physician-istscientist,dentist,communist,socialist,-ent/-antassistant-mentargument,judgment,government-nesshappiness,greatness,illness,coldness,sleeplessness-tiondictation,preparation,repetition,action,information,invention-ingbuilding,wedding,painting-shipleadership,friendship,hardship-ageshortage,marriage,leakage-tyloyalty,cruelty,penalty,sixty,twenty,thirty,certainty-thtruth,warmth,length,growth,fifteenth,fourth-anceacceptance,assistance,reliance,appearance-encedependence,confidence,reference,entrance,defence-fulmouthful,handful,plateful,-alrefusal,denial,arrival-ydifficulty,possibility,-domfreedom,wisdom,kingdom-ismsocialism,materialism注意:-ese,-ian,-ist既可以构成名词,又可以构成形容词。-er构...