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雅思阅读词汇中的“死猜”-前缀篇

三、怎样“死猜”

(一)根据构词法

英语词汇量的增加离不开构词法的存在,而雅思学习中常见的构词法有词缀法,合成词法,词性转换法等等。下面是对各个方法的详细介绍,并附有剑桥阅读文章中的句子作为实例,其中 C4T1P1 表示该例句选自剑桥四,套题阅读篇文章,其他依此类推。

1 、前缀法 prefixation

1 )否定前缀 —— a- dis- in- il- im- ir- ), non- un- 等,例如:

Disenchantment with orthodox medicine has seen the popularity of alternative therapies in Australia climb steadily during the past 20 years. C4T2P2

解析: dis- (否定前缀) +enchant (使着迷) +-ment (名词后缀) = 失望;即便猜不出该词汇的具体意义,至少我们可以看出它是贬义词。

Becoff studied coyote pups at play and found that the kind of behaviour involved was markedly variable and unpredictable . C4T2P3

解析: un- (否定前缀) +pre (提前) +-dict- (说) +-able (能的,有能力的) = 不可预测的

But a linguist’s personal judgments are often uncertain , or disagree with the judgments of other linguists. C4T3P3

解析: un-+certain (确切的) = 不确定的; dis- (不) +agree (同意) = 不同意

Where possible, therefore, the recording has to be supplemented by the observer’s written comments on the non-verbal behaviour of the participants, and about the context in general. C4T3P3

解析: non-+verbal (言语的) = 非言语的


2 )反向前缀 —— de- dis- un- 等,例如:

In many countries, deregulation has helped to drive the process long. C6T1P1

解析: de- (去掉) +regulate (制定规则) +-ion (名词后缀) = 去制度,解除制度

One interesting correlation Manton uncovered is that better-educated people are likely to live longer. C6T2P1

解析: un-+cover (盖) = 发现,揭示


3 )贬义前缀 —— mal - mis- pseudo- 等,例如:

Malnutrition poses a challenge for all low-income developing countries, large or *all.

解析: mal-+nutrition (营养) = 营养不良;或者至少可以猜出此词是贬义词汇。

There is no greater misfortune than not to be able to endure misfortune .

解析: mis-+fortune (幸运) = 不幸

Only a pseudo-economics can seek to offer a background for rational economic planning.

解析: pseudo- (假的,伪的) +economics= 伪经济学


4 )尺寸 、程度前缀 —— arch- extra- hyper- macro- micro- mini- out- over- sub- super- sur- ultra- under- 等,例如:

Understandably, perhaps, they some times overstate their arguments. C5T1P1

解析: over- (多) +state (评论,说) = 夸张

They also show that we may be underestimating the impact of these single factors. C6T2P2

解析: under- (不足) +estimate (估计) = 低估


5 )倾向、态度前缀 —— anti- contra- counter- pro- 等,例如:

State ownership of airlines railways and airlines regulation of freight rates and toleration of anti-competitive practices, …. C6T1P2

解析: anti- (反,对抗) +competitive (竞争的) = 反对竞争的

It is precisely in the particularity of contradiction that the universality of contradiction resides.

解析: contra- (抵消、对抗) +dict (说) +-ion (名词后缀) = 抵消

He took two days off to counterbalance the overtime the week before.

解析: counter- (抵消) +balance (平衡) = 抵消、抗衡


6 )方位前缀 —— extra- fore- inter- intra- tele- trans- 等,例如:

After about 300 hours of training they are generally sufficiently fluent to tran*it the language to the next generation. C4T2P1

解析: trans- (跨越) +-mit (传播) = 传输

…the term AI was avoided by many researchers, who opted instead to align themselves with  specific sub-disciplines such as… . C5T3P3

解析: sub- (下) +disciplines (学科) = 分支学科

…not just in terms of their ecology, but also in terms of the culture of their inhabitants . C5T4P1

解析: in- (里面) +habit (住) +-ant (表“人”后缀) = 居民

They can survive in the forest understorey under very low light levels because they have a low photosynthetic rate. C5T4P3

解析: under- (下) +storey (层) = 下层


7 )时间、顺序前缀 —— ex- fore- post- pre- re- 等,例如:

But volcanoes are not very predictable . C4T3P2

解析: pre- (提前、预先) +dict (说) +-able (能的,有能力的) = 可以预测的


8 )数字前缀

表示“一半”— semi- (拉丁), hemi- (希腊);

表示“一”— uni- (拉丁) mono- (希腊)

表示“二”— bi- (拉丁), di- (希腊);

表示“三”— tri- (希腊);

表示“四”— quadr- (拉丁), tetra- (希腊)

表示“五”— quint- (拉丁) pent- (希腊);

表示“六”— sex- (拉丁), hexa- (希腊);

表示“七”— sept- (拉丁); hept- (希腊);

表示“八”— octa-

表示“九”— non- (拉丁); enne- (希腊);

表示“十”— deci- (拉丁), deca-

表示“百”— cent- (拉丁), hect- (希腊);

表示“千”— mil- (拉丁), kilo- (希腊);

表示“万”— mega- (希腊)

表示“许多”— multi- (拉丁), poly- (希腊);

例如:

The 0.7 metre-long arrows, each with a long tube of gun powder attached near the point of each arrow, could be fired from a long, octagonal-shaped basket at the same time and had a range of 400 paces. C3T1P1

解析: octa- (八) +gon (角) +-al (形容词后缀) = 八角的

“Most of these languages will not survive without a large degree of bilinguali* ,” he says. C4T2P1

解析: bi- (二) +lingual (语言的) +-i* (名词后缀) = 双语(即具有或能说两种语言)

Some plastics are derived from natural sources, some are semi-synthetic the result of chemical action on a natural substances . C5T2P1

解析: semi- (一半) +synthetic (合成的) = 半合成品

…such as cargo-handling monopolies , all keep the cost of shipping unnecessarily high and deter international trade. C6T1P2

解析: mono- (一、单) +poly (统治) +-es (名词复数后缀) = 垄断

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