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英语构词法
英语主要有三种构词法:转化、派生和合成,下面简要介绍一
下这三种构词法。
1
、
转化构词法:
①
有大量的动词可以转化为名词,有时意思没有太大的变化:
Let me have a
try
.
我来试一试。
We
stopped there for a
swim
.
He went off at a
run
to consult a doctor.
This is for winter
wear
.
Don
’
t
make it too tight.
I like a
quiet
read
after
supper
。
This was
a great
surprise
(
strike
,
shock
)
to my brother.
Have a
look
(
chat
,
talk
,
wash
,
p>
swim
,
rest
,
try
,
quarrel
,
smoke
,
lie
,
read
,
run
,
dream
,
fight
,
walk
,
p>
ride
,
drink
,
laugh
,
dance
,
bathe
,
wi
sh
,
win
,
fear
,
love
,
debate
,
dispute
,
interview
,
tast
e
,
etc
)
Make a
study
(
guess
,
visit
,
call
,
survey
,
jump
,
slip
,
change
,
search
,
stay
,
smart
,
answer
< br>,
reply
,
remark<
/p>
,
fight
,
arrest
,
appeal
,
purchase
,
sacrifice
p>
,
demand
,
show
,
deal
,
attempt
,
attack
,
advance
,
etc
)
Come to a
stop
(
end
,
pause
)
有时意思有一定的变化:
He
was about the same
build
as
his brother.
他的体形和他哥哥差不多。
Last year`s
catch
was four times that of
1986.
去年的捕鱼量为
1986
年
的四倍。
This was a decisive
move
.
这是一个决定性的步骤。
They can be used as a stock
feed
.
它们可以作为牲口饲料。
Women have a equal
say
in
everything.
妇女在各方面都有同样的发言权。
He won two
games
;
the other two were
draws.
他赢了两局,另外两局打平了。
②
也有相当多的名词可以当动词用。
许多表示物件的名词可以用做动词来表示动
作。
Have you booked your
ticket
?
Who
chaired the meeting
?
He pinned great hopes on us.
It can seat a thousand people.
We have mapped out plans for their
utilization.
It pictures the life of
overseas Chinese students.
He hurriedly
penciled the time on it.
By noon he had
bagged three hares.
The machine
bottles15000 jars of cold cream a day.
The money was all pocketed by corrupt
officials.
He hammered a nail into the
wall.
有些表示身体部位的名词也可以用来做动词。
Hand
in you exercise-
books
,
please.
We
’
ll
back
you up. We should dare
to
face
any difficulty and
danger.
Who
headed
the delegation.
(当团长)
。
We
’
p>
ll
headed
for
Yunnan tomorrow.
We should
shoulder
these
responsibilities.
(肩负)
She
fingered
the
silk gently.
(抚摩)
Soon the seedings shot up and began
to
ear.
(抽穗)
I
’
m never
interested in
nosing out
the
details of someone else
’
s
private
life.
(探听)
They
eyed
him with
suspicion.
(注视)
一些表示一类人的名词也可用做动词:
If so
,
we shall be
badly
fooled.
(
上当)
He insisted on staying up
to
nurse
the
child.
(护理)
We
were
hosted
by members of
the embassy.
(款待)
Our aim is to save the patient and not
to
doctor
him to
death.
(医治)
The
equipment was
manned
by
three workers per shift.
(操作)
He has
soldiered
in France in his youth.
(当兵)
The army was
officered
by brave
men.
(担任军官)
He
fathered
many
inventions.
(有过)
一些表示其他实物的名词也可用做动词:
Each apartment can
house
a family of
six.
(居住)
I hope
we can
room
together.
(住)
This
helped to
bridge
over our
difficulties.
(度过)
They
flowered
well but bore little fruit.
(开花)
He
floored
the
room.
(装地板)
He
manured
the soil before
sowing.
(施底肥)
An
aeroplane was used to
dust
insecticide.
(喷洒)
We decided to
dam
the river.
(筑河坝)
He is busy
oiling
the bicycle.
(上油)
He
wolfed
down
three great bowls of
rice.
(狼吞虎咽)
The
pill is
coated
with
sugar.
(包有糖衣)
Exec
utives
,
workers and
technicians
team
up.
(组织在一起)
此外,还有一些抽象名词等也可以用做动词:
Where do swallows
winter
?(过冬)
We
summered
by
Lake Geneva.
(度夏)
For six days and nights they
battled
to save his
life.
(苦战)
Through
my childhood
,
I had
hungered
for
education.
(盼望)
This so
angered
us that we beat him up.
(使气愤)
The attack must be properly
timed
.
(选择时间)
The actual labor force
numbered
12000.
(计数有)
They
breakfasted
(
lunch
ed
)
at the
guesthouse.
(吃早饭)
Over 1000 students
stormed
into the Senate
building.
(冲进)
③
有不少形容词也可以用做动词:
The train
slowed
down to half its
speed.
(减慢一半)
This
is the chief way of
narrowing
the differences
between them.
(缩小)
Please
warm
up the dish over the
stove.
(热一下)
The
room gradually
quieted
down.
(安静下来)
They periodically
thinned
out
leaves.
(打掉)
Wrongs must be
righted
when they are
discovered.
(纠正)
Nothing
dries
sooner than a
tear.
(干)
。
Shelly was unable to
calm
her.
The
results
humbled
him.
(失体面)
Don
’
t
idle away
your
time.
(白白混掉)
They
braved
the bitter cold to
complete the railway.
(不顾)
2
Most of these rivers
empty
into
the Pacific
Ocean.
(流入)
He
adjusted the lathe and
readied
the cutting
tool.
(准备好)
She
busied
herself with
household work.
Don
’
t
dirty
your clothes.
They finally
freed
themselves from
slavery.
Only thus can we
better
the life of the
people.
He felt himself
wron
ged
.
(受了委屈)
His hair is beginning to
grey.
The
newspaper had been
yellowed
by sunlight.
He
lowered
his voice.
另外有个别其他词类的词可用做动词:
This helped to
further
their
unity.
(促进
adv---
v
)
Truth will
out
.
(大白
ad
v---v
)
3000
workers there
downed
tools.
(放下工具罢工
adv---
v
)
Please
forward
the letter to my new
address.
(转寄
adv---
v
)
She will
off
and do her own
things.
(走掉
adv---
v
)
I
second
the
motion.
(同意
num---
v
)
④
有不少形容词可用做名词:
Nobles
constituted seven per
cent of the population.
(贵族)
He
didn
’
t
want to disturb the
quiet
needed by the
patients.
(安静环境)
He
’
s
a
dear.
When is your French
oral
?
(口语课)
Their jobless
total
(总数)
reached a
record
high
(高峰)
since 1940.
There is only
one
black
in my class.
She is investigating the
anc
ients
’
conception of the
universe.
(古人)
He
is a
natural
for the job.
p>
(天生适合
……
的人)
It is necessary to make a
distinction between
right
and
wrong.
They
are running in the
final
.
Our
six- year-
old
is
at school.
In
short
,
for
short
,
in
general
,
for
free
,
in
red
,
in
public
,
in
common
,
in
particular
等
.
⑤
此外,还有个别其他转化的情况:
This is a
repeat
performance of their old
policy.
(故伎重演)
They held a
fancy
dress ball.
(化装)
We began to
march north.
His arguments contains too
many
ifs
and
buts
.
This book
is a
must
for students of
electronics.
(必读书)
Have you considered the
why
and
how
of the
plan
?
Have you
had a
medical
yet
?(检查身体)
⑥
有一些词可以词形不变用作另一词类,但是重音发生变化
.
Digest
export
import
increase
permit
present
progress
produce
record
refuse
suspect transport perfect content
desert transport
等
⑦
另外有些词通过改变词尾的清浊音
来改变词类,有的拼写无变化,有的拼写发
生改变:
use---use
excuse
---excuse
house---house
mouth---mouth
practice---practise
advice
—
advise
belief
—
believe
grief---grieve
half---halves
relief
—
relieve
thief-----theft---thieve
receipt
—
receive
weight
—
weigh
half
—
halve
complaint
—
complain
还有一些词转化为另一词时元音或拼法也发生了变化:
bath---bathe
breath---breathe
blood---bleed
food
—
feed
gold
—
gild
proof---prove
3
speech
—
speak
tale
—
tell
sale
—
sell
lose---loss
fill
—
full
choose---choice
2
、
派生构词法:派生构词法主要是有词根加后缀构成。
①
构成名词的后缀常用的有下面这些:
-er
加在动词后表示人:
adviser
announcer
thinker
admirer
baker
barber
founder
learner
player
babysitter
eye-opener
speaker
employer
trainer
peace-
lover
deer-hunter
wood-cutter
landowner
moneylender
onlooker
miner
passer-by
supporter
bread-winner
labourer
designer
school-leaver
lawyer
manager(
经理
)
passenger (
旅客
)
beg
gar
加在动词后表示工具或物品:
air-conditioner
can-opener cooker
harvester
eraser
drawer
duster
recorder
telephone-receiver
timer
counter
pain-killer
best
seller
container
best-seller
heater(
加热器
)
poster roller
reminder
加在名词形容词后表示人:
villager
banker
farmer
Londoner
New
Zealander
owner
stranger
foreigner
southerner
teenager
photographer
outsider
islander
miller
gardener,
messenger
-or
actor
sailor
transistor
semi-conductor
inventor
governor
operator
editor
visitor
elevator
calculator
professor
director
collector
competitor
inspector
navigator
-ar
beggar,
liar, scholar, burglar
-ist
Marxist
artist
pianist
socialist
communist
capitalist
dentist
scientist
tourist
typist
specialist
专家
novelist
tourist
-ee
employee
trainee
trustee<
/p>
(理事)
addressee
(收件人)
referee
(裁判)
interviewee
appointee
(被任命人)
-eer
pioneer
engineer
profiteer
(投机商)
mountaineer volunteer
-ess
hostess
actress
waitress
lioness
tigress
princess
goddess
empress
heiress
mistress
poetess
priestess
shepherdess
fairness
-ian
magician
musician
technician
physician
politician
librarian
comedian,
pedestrian
-ier
cashier
soldier
financier
premier
-ary
revolutionary, secretary
-ese
Chinese
Japanese
Portuguese
Pekinese
-ant
dependant
inhabitant
contestant
atten
dant
(服务员)
servant,
immigrant,
inhabitant,
assistant, descendant
-ent
agent, president, resident,
student, correspondent
-man
sportsman
seaman
fireman
salesman
spokesman
statesman
fisherman
countryman
postman
-ism
socialism
Marxism
racism
heroism
optimism
-ness
illness
sickness
happiness
greatness
coldness
kindness
goodness
darkness
sadness
bitterness
carelessness
loneliness
-
(
a
)
tion
dictation
preparation
operation
liberation
exception
repetition
pronunciation
description
explanation
suggestion
attention
intention
introduction
direction
separation
modernization
consideration
invitation
collection
protection
competition
recognition
translation
realization
imagination
reduction
addition
pollution
exhibition
connection
construction determination
interruption
congratulation
satisfaction
relaxation
reflection
reception
exception
situation (
形势,情况
)
temptation
-ion
discussion
revision
decision
expansion
persuasion
comparison
permission
expression
possession
explosion
admission
impression
-ment
development
disagreement
agreement
judgment
movement
argument
4
government
disappointment
astonishment
amazement
employment
punishment
improvement
encouragement
management
enjoyment
excitement
settlement
treatment
announcement
requirement
refreshment
statement
basement
entertainment
assignment
-ing
building
smoking
reading
swimming
feeling
painting
wedding
freezing
sleep-pills
close-planting
deep-ploughing
English-speaking
sight-seeing
farming
gardening
printing
earnings
savings
wedding
surrounding
fittings greeting
bodybuilding
aging
blessing
thanksgiving
-ship
leadership
friendship
scholarship
hardship
citizenship
membership
warship
seamanship
ownership companionship relationship
worship
-hood
childhood
boyhood
falsehood
(谬误)
likelihood
(可能性)
motherhood<
/p>
(母性,为母之道)
brotherhood
-age
marriage
carriage
shortage
leakage
(
泄
露
)
p>
baggage
advantage
passage
storage
percentage
package
包装
advantage
-ure
failure
pressure
pleasure
seizure
(抓,没收)
mixture
moisture
signature
architecture
creature
departure
literature
-dom
freedom
kingdom
officialdom
(官僚作风)
wisdom
-ty
safety
cruelty
(残酷)
loyalty
(忠诚)
penalty
(处罚)
variety
quality
(
质量
) certainty
poverty
anxiety
-ity
activity
reality
humidity
(
湿度,
潮
湿)
possibility
electricity
nationality
majority
minority
disability
equality
security
necessity
-y
(
ry
)
difficulty
slavery
discovery
inquir
y
(质询,
调查)
modesty
honesty
jewelry
bribery
(贿赂,行贿)
rivalry
(竞争,敌对)
scenery
bravery
recovery
entry
treaty
robbery
mystery
luxury
bravery
machinery
scenery poetry
bakery
grocery
cemetery
brewery
-th
truth
warmth
health
length
strength
width
depth
growth
death
breadth
width
-al
arrival
refusal
denial
(否认,拒绝)
approval
(承认,赞成)<
/p>
burial
trial
industrial
-ance
(
ence
)
acceptance
allowance
assistance
reliance
difference
dependence
confidence
reference
performance
appearance
occurrence
existence
obedience
entrance
remembrance
intelligence(
智
力
)
experience
经
验
appliance(
用具器具
)
insurance
nuisance
-ful
mouthful
handful
plateful
busful
spadeful
bowlful
basketful
-ette
cigarette
kitchenette
-let
booklet
(小册子)
leaflet
(传单)
piglet
(小猪)
starlet
(小星星,小明
p>
星)
-ce
silence
difference
importance
convenience distance
patience
-ice
justice
正义
,
service
服务
②
构成形容词的常用后缀:
-ful
cheerful
useful
grateful
faithful
wonderful
beautiful
careful
helpful
fearful
painful
purposely
thoughtful
hopeful
plentiful
pitiful
colourful
regretful
awful
-less
careless
homeless
fearless
helpless
homeless
starless
motherless
useless
priceless
valueless
harmless
shameless
meaningless
thoughtless
powerless
windless
speechless
wireless
nameless
endless
lawless
cloudless
colourless
hopeless
fruitless
cheerless
doubtless
formless
penniless
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