常用后缀表。
3)-ive, active, sensitive, productive
4)-like, manlike, childlike
5)名词-ly, manly, fatherly, scholarly, motherly
6)-some, troublesome, handsome
7)-ful, beautiful, wonderful, helpful, truthful
8)-ous, dangerous, generous, courageous, various
9)-ent, violent
10)-most, foremost, topmost
(11)less, 表示否定,countless, stainless, wireless
3. 动词后缀
1)-ize, ise, 表示"做成,变成,……化“modernize, mechanize, democratize, organize
2)-en, 表示"使成为,引起,使有” quicken, weaken, soften, harden
3)-fy, 表示"使……化, 使成”beautify, purify, intensify, signify, simplify
4)-ish, 表示"使,令” finish, abolish, diminish, establish
5)-ate, 表示“成为……,处理,作用” separate, operate, indicate
4. 副词后缀
(形容词)-ly:bad→badly坏地/恶劣地,careful→carefully小心地
-wise(OE):clock→clockwise(a./adv.)顺时针方向的(地);like→likewise同样地
-wards:out→outwards向外面地,north→northwards向北方地