詞根詞綴前綴：A=放在單詞或者詞根前，等于negative(否定)=not,withoutamnesty大赦，特赦，amoral非道德的apathy冷漠，漠不關心asymmetry不對稱放在單詞前，表示“在，的”asleep,asideab，abs-=from,awayfrom,off加在詞根前，表示“相反，變壞，離去”abnormal變態(tài)的，不正常的abortion流產(chǎn)，墮胎ab-,ac-,ad-,af-,ag-,an-,ap-,ar-,as-,at-加在同輔音字母的詞根前，表示“一再”等加強意。accompany,accomplish,affirm,attractad=to,at,forad-加在單詞或詞根前，表示“做，加強”adapt使適合，使適應addict使沉溺，使熱衷ambi=onbothsides,about,around:ambidextrous兩手都很靈巧ambient周圍的ambiguous含糊的，不明確的amphi=onbothsides,around:amphibian水路兩棲an-在詞根前，表示“不，無”:anonymous匿名的，anarchism無君主義ante=before:antecedent在先的antechamber來賓接待室antedate提前的日子anticipate預期anti=against,oppositetoanti-communist反共的Antarctic南極的apo-表示“離開，遠離”apogeeauto=selfautobiography自傳autocracy專制政治autogamy自體生殖(gamy=marriage)autonomy自治區(qū)be-構(gòu)成動詞，表示“使……成為”befall,befriend,behold構(gòu)成介詞，beside,behind,below,before,beneathbene=well,goodbenefaction恩惠benefactor恩人beneficial有益的benign良性的bi=double,twobicameral兩院制的bicolored兩色的bigamy重婚的bilingual雙語的by-“在旁邊，副的”:byroad,byway,byworkco-表示“共同”，通常放在元音詞根前。coeducation,cohabit,coexist,coincidecircum=around,roundaboutcircumference圓周circumstance環(huán)境circulate流通com(con)=together,withcombine聯(lián)合，結(jié)合commingle混合compose組成，構(gòu)成coeducationcoexist共存cohabitation同居contra=againstcontradict否認，反駁contrary相反contrast對比counterbalance對抗力counterfeit偽造品counter-表示“反對，相反”counteract,counterbalancecol-,cor-在同輔音詞根前，表示“共同”:collapse,colleague,collectde=down,downward表示分離的時候（away,from):Deform使殘廢，使丑陋Derive獲得，得來，起源表示否定的時候:Demerit過失，短處表示加強的時候:Demonstrate證明，示范devastate使荒廢，毀滅de的另外用法:decode譯碼deface傷毀deficit赤字deca-=ten:decade十年decagon十角形decimal十進制decimeter分米di-表示“兩個，雙”:dichromatic,dioxide表示“使…變成，分開，離開”:digestdemi-=half:demigoddi-=double,twice:dilemma進退兩難diploma雙學位dia-表示“穿過，二者之間”:dialogue,diameterdia-=through,between,acrossdiagnosis=between+knowledge診斷diagonal=through+angle對角線diameter=through+meter直徑dif-和輔音重復表示“不，否定，分開”differ,difference,diffidentdis-=除去，剝奪，反對，否定disadvantage不利，缺點，損失disannul取消，廢棄disband解散disconsolate哀傷的，憂悶的dismember割斷四肢，使四分五裂duo-=two,doubledozen一打，12個duplicate完全相同的，復制的dys-表示“壞，不良”dyspepsia,dyslexia,dysfunctione-,ef-表示“出，出來”:evaluate,elongate,elaborateem-,en-表示“進入…之中，包圍”:embrace,embed,empathy表示“使…進入狀態(tài)”:empower,embitter,embodyepi-表示“在…上，在…周圍，在…后面epidermal,epidemic,epigramhypertrophy肥胖，異常發(fā)達hypo-=underhypocrisy偽善，矯飾hypotension低血壓hypothermia低體溫hypothesis假說，假設in-=in,into,oninborn天生的，天賦的incubate=on+lie+ate=孵蛋，孵化，籌劃induce=towards+tolead=引誘，說服，招致infect=in+tomake傳染inflate=in+toblow使膨脹，使得意，使物價上漲intoxicate=into+poison+ate=使醉，使陶醉，使中毒im-=in,intoimmerge=into+tosink浸，沉入immigrate=into+towander移民emigrate遷居impediment=in+foot+ment妨礙，阻礙impinge=in+tostrike撞擊，侵犯implicate=in+tofold牽連，暗示，使糾纏explicate說明，解釋i(n)-=negative=notinaccessible不能親近的，不能得到的inadequate不適當?shù)模怀浞值膇naudible聽不見的indecisive缺乏決心的，優(yōu)柔寡斷的insane瘋狂的invaluable無價的，非常珍貴的illegitimate違法的，私生的illiterate未受教育的人，不和邏輯的inter-=between,amongintercept=between+catch中途攔截，截獲interlude=between+toplay間奏曲，中間interstellar=between+star星際的intra-,intro-=within,inward(與extra-相反）intraparty黨內(nèi)的intravenous靜脈內(nèi)的，靜脈注射的introspect內(nèi)省introvert使內(nèi)向，使內(nèi)省iso-=equalisochronal同一時間的，等時性isotherm等溫線isotope同位素macro-=large,longmacrocosm=large+universe大宇宙，總體macroeconomics總體經(jīng)濟學，宏觀經(jīng)濟學macrometeorology大氣象學macroscopic=large+scop(tolook)+ic(al)肉眼可見的mal(e)-=badly,ill(與bene相反)maladjustment調(diào)節(jié)不善，適應不應maladminstration經(jīng)營不善，惡政malediction=badly+tospeak詛咒，誹謗malformation奇形怪狀，畸形malignant=bad+toproduce惡性的（benigant良性的）malnourished營養(yǎng)失調(diào)的mege=large,millionmegadeath百萬人的死亡megalopolitan大都市的megaphone擴音器的，傳聲筒megaton一百萬噸，megavolt百萬伏特，megawatt百萬瓦特meta-=among,with,after(一般表示變化，主要用在科學用語中)metabolism=after+tothrow+ism新城代謝metagenesis世代交替metaphor隱喻metaphysical形而上學，非物質(zhì)的metonymy換喻micro-=smallmicrobiology微生物學microeconomics具體經(jīng)濟學，微觀經(jīng)濟學microscope顯微鏡microwave微波milli-=thousand,thousandthmilligram毫克millimeter毫米mis-=wrong,bad,illmisadvise給予錯與的勸告misapply誤用misapprehend誤解，想錯misarrange排列錯誤misconduct行為不檢mono-=single,sole,alonemonochrome=single+color單色畫，單色的monocracy=alone+rule獨裁政治monogamy=alone+marriage一夫一妻制（polygamy一夫多妻制）monolingual=single+language只用一種語言的monotheism=single+god一神論monotonous=single+tone+ous-單調(diào)的，無變化的multi-=many,muchmultiform各種形式的，多種的multilingual使用多種語言的multiply增加，繁殖，乘multipurpose多目標的，用途廣大的ne-=negative=notnescience無知，不可知論naught=nought=nothingnay=nonull=notanyneo-=newneoclassicism新古典主義neofascism新法西斯主義neoimpressionism新印象主義non-=notnonaggression不侵略，不侵犯noncombustible=not+together+toburn+ible不容易燃燒的nonconformity不順從，不一致noncooperation不合作nonpartism無黨派的，客觀的，無偏袒nonverbal不使用文字的，非語文的omni-表示“全部，到處”omnipresent,omnipotent,omniscienceob-=as,towards,at,before,upon,over,about,near,againstobfuscate=over+todarken使暗，使困惑obituary=near+togo+uary形容詞詞尾訃告，死亡的object=towards,against+tothrow反對，拒絕；物體，目標，對象obstacle=over,against+tostand+cle名詞詞尾障礙物obtain=near,closeto+tohold在身邊occupy=at+toseize占有，占領octa-,octo-=eight,eighthoctagon=eight+angle八角形octahedron=eight+side八面體octopus=eight+foot章魚octuple=eight+tofold八倍omni-=allomnibus公共汽車omnicompetent=all+competent能干的有全權的omniscient=all+knowing無所不知的omnivorous=all+toeat+ous雜食的out-=out,beyondoutdo凌駕，勝過outgrow生長速度超過的outlaw被放逐的outrival勝過over-=above,across,beyondoveract動作過度overbridge天橋，路橋overcome擊敗，壓倒overcrust以外皮或外殼包裹的overhaul徹底檢查，分解檢查pan-(to)=allpanacea=all+cure,remedy萬靈藥pan-American全美洲的panorama全景，全圖pantheism泛神論para-=beside,beyond,against,contraryparachute=against+fall降落傘parasol=against+sun陽傘palsy=para-(beside)+lsy(toloosen)使麻痹pen-=almostpeninsula=almost+island半島penultimate=almost+last倒數(shù)第二的penumbra=almost+shadow半影部penta-=fivepentagon=five+angle五角形pentarchy=five+rule五頭政治，五國聯(lián)盟per-=through,thoroughly,awayperform=thoroughly+form(tofurnish)實行，供給perfunctory=away+toperform+ory敷衍的，表面的，草率的permanent=through+toremain+ent永久的，不變的，耐久的，常設的perpendicular=through+toweigh+lar垂直的，直立的persecute=continually+tofollow迫害，困惑，煩惱persevere=through+properlytomaketostand固執(zhí)，持久peri-=around,roundaboutpericardium=around+card(heart)+-ium心包，心囊perimeter=around+tomeasure周圍，周長，周邊periphrase=round+tospeak拐彎抹角地說poly-=manypolycentric=many+center多中心的，多元的polygamy=many+marriage一夫多妻polygon=many+angle多角的polytheism=many+god+ism多神論post-=after,behindpostdate=把日期填遲posterity子孫，后裔postscript=after+towrite(p.s.)附筆，后記pre-=beforeprecaution預防preface=before+tospeak作序，寫前言，開始preliminary=before+threshold門檻初步，開端prescribe=before+towrite規(guī)定，開藥方pro-=for,before,forth,forwardproceed=before+togo繼續(xù)進行，開始procure=for,inbehalfof+cure(totakecareof)取得，獲得，說服prominent=forth+tojut突出+ent突出的，顯著的pseudo-=falsepseudocarp=false+fruit假果pseudoclassicism=偽古典主意pseudonym=false+name假名，筆名pseudoscience=假科學quadr(i)-=fourquadrilingual=four+language四國語言的quadruple=fourtime+tofold四倍的quasi-=partlyquasi-contract準契約quasi-judicial準司法性的quasi-official半官方的re-=again,backreconcile=again+concile使和諧和解，復交，調(diào)停reiterate=again+torepeat反復地說或做，重述remorse=again+tobite悔恨，懊悔retract=back+todraw縮回，放回，撤回retrieve=again+tofind取回，恢復，更正revive=again+tolive蘇醒，復活revoke=back+tocall取消，廢止，宣告無效retro-=backwardretroact=backward+toact反動，反作用retroflex=backward+tobend反曲的，翻轉(zhuǎn)的retrograde=backward+togo后退，倒退，退化，退步retrospect=backward+tolook回顧se-=away,apartsecede=apart+togo脫離，退出seclude=apart+toshut隔離，使隱居secrete=apart+toseparate分泌semi-=halfsemiannual半年的semicolon分號semiconscious半意識的semifinal半決賽semitropical亞熱帶的sept-=sevenseptember九月（是羅馬日歷的七月）septilateral=seven+later(side)七邊的step-=orphanedsepbrother異父異母的兄弟stepmother,stepfathersub-=undersubconscious=under+aware潛意識的subdivide=under+todivide再分，細分submarine=under+marine(sea)海下面的，潛水艇，水手submerge=under+todip淹沒，埋伏subscribe=under+towrite簽名，簽署，捐助substitute=under+toplace代替，取代，替換super-=above,oversuperabundant=above+abundant充足的=過多的，過剩的，多余的superficial=above+fici(face)=表面的，表皮的，膚淺的superior較好的，優(yōu)秀的，占優(yōu)勢的supernatural超自然的，不可思議的surpass=topassover凌駕，超越，勝過syn-=with,togethersynchronism=together+chron(time)+-ism=同時發(fā)生的，并發(fā)syndrome=together+drome(torun)=綜合癥狀，習性synonym=together+name=同義詞synthesis=together+putting=綜合，合成symbiosis=together+life+sis共同，共存sympathy=together+feeling同感，共鳴，同情，憐憫symphony=together+sound=交響樂tele-=farofftelecommunication=faroff+together+tomake=遠距離通訊telegram=faroff+writing=電報telepathy=faroff+feeling=心心相傳trans-=beyond,across,overtransaction=across+todrive+ion辦理，處理，交易transfer=across+tocarry調(diào)職，移動，讓渡transform變形，變質(zhì)transparent=through+toappeal透明的，明白的traitor=across+togive+or=賣國賊tranquil=beyond+quil(rest)平靜的，安靜的tri-=three,threefoldtriangle=three+angle三角形tricar三輪汽車trichord=three+string三弦樂器trigonometry=three+angle+measure三角學triunity=three+unity(一體)=三位一體twi-=twotwice二度，二回，二倍twist卷纏，合股線，編織ultra-=beyondultra極端的，過度的ultramodern極現(xiàn)代化的ultrared紅外線的ultrasonic=beyond+sound超音波的un-=nounambiguous=not+ambiguous含糊的=明白的unattainable=not+attainable可到達的=難達到的un-=thereversalofanactionunarm=卸除武器，放下武器unburden=解除負擔，使輕松unbutton解開紐扣unearth挖掘，掘出，揭發(fā)unveil取下面紗，揭露under-=beneathunderage未成年的underdeveloped發(fā)展不全的，低度開發(fā)的underestimate評價過低的undermine在下面挖掘，破壞基礎，在暗中損壞uni-=oneunique唯一的unite單元，聯(lián)合universal宇宙的，全體的unanimous=one+mind+-ous意見一致的，全體一致的up-=up,aloftuphold舉起，支持，鼓勵upright正直的，誠實的uprise升起，站起upsurge上升，向上涌vice-=inplaceof副的vice-chancellor大學副校長vice-minister副部長vice-president副總統(tǒng)with-=against,backwithdraw=todrawback取回，撤回withhold=toholdback抑制，拒絕withstand=tostandagainst抵抗，對抗后綴：1,-ability表名詞,“能，性質(zhì)”possibility2,-able表形容詞,“可…的”believable3,-aceous,-acious表形容詞,“有…特征的”delicious4,-acity表名詞,“有…傾向”capacity5,-acy表名詞,“性質(zhì),狀態(tài)”privacy6,-age表名詞,“狀態(tài),總稱”,“場所”,“費用”percentage,village,cottage,postage7,-ain表名詞“人”captain8,-aire表名詞“人”millionaire9,-al表形容詞“…的”personal,continental,rural10,-ality表名詞“狀態(tài),性質(zhì)”personality,nationality11,-ally表副詞“…地”dramatically12,-an表名詞和形容詞“人”American,Roman13,-ance,ence表名詞,“性質(zhì),狀況”difference14,-ancy表名詞“性質(zhì),狀況”vacancy,redundancy15,-ant,-ent表形容詞“…的”distant,different16,-ar表形容詞“…的”familiar表名詞,“人”liar,beggar17,-ard表名詞,“不好的人”bastard,coward,laggard18,-arian表名詞,“…的人”vegetarian,19,-ary表形容詞,“…的”imaginary,elementary20,-ate表動詞,“做,造成”graduate,frustrate21,-atic表形容詞,“有…性質(zhì)”diplomatic22,-ation表名詞“行為,過程,結(jié)果”election,production23,-ative表形容詞“有…傾向”active24,-ator表名詞,“做事的人或物”dictator,generator25,-atory表形容詞,“有…性質(zhì)”explanatory26,-cy表名詞“性質(zhì),狀態(tài)”privacy27,-dom表名詞“狀態(tài)”freedom28,-ee表名詞“被動的或主動的人”employee,examinee29,-eer表名詞“人員”engineer30,-el表名詞“人或物”novel,channel31,-en表動詞“變成”shorten,darken32,-ency表名詞“狀態(tài),性質(zhì)”efficiency33,-ent表形容詞,“…的”excellent表名詞“人”student,resident34,-eous表形容詞,“有…的”courteous,35,-er表名詞“人”mutter,chatter,waver36,-ern表形容詞,“…方向的”eastern,western,southern37,-ery表名詞“場所”,“行為”nursery,rosery,robbery,bravery38,-esque表形容詞“如…的”picturesque39,-ess表名詞“女性”poetess,goddess,actress40,-et,-let表名詞,“小東西”circlet,booklet41,-etic表形容詞,“屬于…的”theoretic,energetic42,-ette表名詞,“小的東西或狀態(tài)”kitchenette43,-ety表名詞“狀態(tài)”anxiety44,-eur表名詞“…人”amateur,entrepreneur45,-faction表名詞“達到的狀態(tài)”satisfaction46,-fold表形容詞或副詞“雙重”threefold47,-form表形容詞,“有…狀態(tài)的”uniform48,-ful表形容詞,“有…的”beautiful,wonderful表名詞“滿,量”handful,spoonful49,-hood表名詞,“時期,性質(zhì)”childhood,boyhood50,-ial表形容詞“有…的”judicial,beneficial51,-ian表名詞“某種人”historian,librarian52,-ibility表名詞“具備…性質(zhì)的”sensibility,possibility53,-ible表形容詞“能…的”possible,credible54,-ic表形容詞,“…的”scientific,fantastic55,-ics表名詞,“學科,學術”physics,mathematics56,-id表形容詞,“如…的”valid,humid57,-ific表形容詞,“產(chǎn)生…的”scientific,terrific58,-ify表動詞,“…化”purify,clarify59,-ile表示形容詞“…的”juvenile,fertile表示名詞“物體”missile60,-ine表形容詞,“…的”,表名詞“狀態(tài),藥物”elephantine,discipline,routine61,-ing表名詞,“狀態(tài)”feeling,learning表形容詞“正…的”62,-ion,-tion,-sion表名詞“動作或狀態(tài)”production,union,decision63,-ior,“較…的”superior,junior64,-ious“…的”curious,spacious65,-ise,-ize表動詞“…化”memorize,advertise66,-ish表形容詞“像…一樣”foolish,selfish表動詞“造成”67,-ism表名詞“…主義,宗教”socialism,capitalism表示”學術或?qū)W術流派”modernism68,-ist表名詞“表示信仰者,專家或從事人”communist69,-istic表形容詞,由ist+ic構(gòu)成,表示“…的”artistic70,-ite表形容詞,“有…的”polite,71,ition表名詞,“行為過程,狀態(tài)”definition,72,-itude表名詞,“性質(zhì),狀態(tài)”attitude,73,-ity表名詞,指具備某種性質(zhì)probability74,-ive表形容詞,根據(jù)不同的單詞結(jié)尾可分-sive,ative,ive,itivepassive,active,表名詞,“人或物”detective,locomotive75,-ization表名詞,來自-ize+ation“…化或發(fā)展過程”modernization,organization76,-less表形容詞,“無…的”helpless,careless77,-like表形容詞,“像…一樣”dreamlike,childlike78,-ling表名詞,“小東西或某種人”duckling,gosling,darlingheadmost,outmost79,-ly表形容詞,通常加在名詞后timely,lively,friendly表副詞,通常放在形容詞后greatly,briefly,mainly80,-ment表名詞,“行為或結(jié)果”movement,agreement81,-most表形容詞,“最…的”82,-ness表名詞,“性質(zhì),狀態(tài)”kindness,business的”83,-ory表形容詞“…的”introductory,表名詞,指場所factory,dormitory84,-ous表形容詞,“…的”dangerous,lustrous85,-proof表形容詞,“防…的”waterproof,rainproof86,-ress表名詞“指女性”actress,waitress,87,-ship表名詞,“表示某種關系或狀態(tài)”friendship,hardship88,-some表形容詞,“充滿…的,具有…傾向的”handsome,89,-th表名詞,通常指抽象名詞warmth,growth,strengthsinger,leader,writer表動詞“反復做”90,-ture表名詞,“一般狀態(tài),行為”miniature,conjecture,denture,mixture91,-ward表形容詞,副詞,“向…”downward,upward,northward92,-wise表副詞,“方向,狀態(tài)”clockwise,likewise93,-y表形容詞,rainy,windy詞根–audi-,-audit-hearauditorium,auditor-chron-,timechronology,chronological-dic-,-dict-say,speakdictator,dictation-graph-,-gram-write,writingtelegraph,telegram-log-,ology-speech,word,studybiology-phon-soundtelephone-scrib-,-script-writedescribe,script-spect-lookatinspect,spectator-vid-,-vis-seevideo,vision–ced-go,move,yieldprecede-duc-leadintroduce-flect-bendreflect,flexible-mit-,-miss-sendremit,missionary-pon-,-pos-put,placepostpone,position-port-carryportable-sequ-,-secut-followconsequence,consecutive-spir-breatheinspiration,conspiracy-tele-fartelegraph,telephone-ven-,-vene-comeconvene,convention-voc-,-vok-callvocal,revoke–anthro-,-anthropo-humananthropology-arch-first,chief,leadermonarch,archbishop-fact-,-fect-make,doaffect,benefactor-gam-marriagemonogamy,polygamous-hetero-different,otherheterosexual,heterogeneous-home-