英语常见形容词后缀

英语常见形容词后缀

一、带有“属性，倾向，相关”的含义

■-able, -ible：movable, comfortable, applicable, visible, responsible

■-al：natural, additional, educational

■-an：ane, urban, suburban, republican

■-ant, -ent：distant, important, excellent

■-ar：similar, popular, regular

■-ary：military, voluntary

■-ice, -atie：ical, politic, systematic, historic, physical,

■-ine：masculine, feminine, marine

■-ing：moving, touching, daring

■-ish：foolish, bookish, selfish

■-ive：active, impressive, decisive

■-ory：satisfactory, compulsory

■-il, -ile, -eel：fragile, genteel

二、表示“相象，类似”的含义

■-ish：boyish, childish

■-esque：picturesque

■-like：manlike, childlike

■-ly：manly, fatherly, scholarly, motherly

■-some：troublesome, handsome

■-y：milky, pasty

三、表示“充分的”含义

■-ful：beautiful, wonderful, helpful, truthful

■-ous：dangerous, generous, courageous, various

■-ent：violent,

四、表示由某种物质形成，制成或生产的含义

■-en：wooden, golden, woolen

■-ous：gaseous

■-fic：scientific

五、表示方向的含义

■-ern：eastern, western

■-ward：downward, forward

六、表示“倍数”的含义

■-ble：double, treble

■ple：triple

■-fold：twofold, tenfold

七、表示“数量关系”的含义

■-teen：thirteen, fourteen, sixteen, nineteen

■-ty：fifty, sixty, seventy, eighty, forty

■-th：fourth, fiftieth, fifth, tenth, eleventh

八、表示国籍、语种、宗教的含义

■-an：Roman, European

■-ese：Chinese,

■-ish：English, Spanish

九、表示“比较程度”的含义

■-er：greater

■-ish：reddish, yellowish

■-est：highest

■-most：foremost, topmost

十、其他的含义

■-less表示否定：countless, stainless, wireless