英语单词中最常见词根和重要后缀总结备注：词根表仅仅作为工具书辅助记忆词汇，请结合考试词汇的中文意思和课堂上老师讲解学习。

acid, acr = sour, sharp act = to actagogue = leader al, ol, ul = to nourish（滋补，滋养）alt = high alter, ali = otheram = to love angl, angul = angle（角度）anim = breath, mindann = year anthrop =humanapt = fit （适合的）aqua = waterarm = weapons art = skill, artaud = to hear aug = to increase, to make,to growavi = birdband, bond = to bind bar = barbat = to beat bat , bas = to gobell = warbio = life biology biologistautobiography semi-autobiographypneumonoultramicr oscopicsilicovolcano coniosisbrev = short cad, cid, cas = to fallcalc = lime camp = fieldcand = white , bright cant, chant, cent = to singcap = head ，to take ，to catchcar = car , to run carn = fleshcast = throw cav = hollowcede, ceed , cess = to go, to yield ceive, cept, cip, cipate = to takeceler = swift cent = hundredcentr = center cern, cret = to separatecert = sure chron = timecide , cise = to cut circ , cyc = ringcite = to call , to urge claim , clam = to cryclin = to bend clud = to shutcoct = to cook cognis, gnos = to knowcommun = common cord = heartcorp = body cosm , cosmo = universecount = to count cover = to covercre, cresc = to make, to grow cred = to believecrim = accusation, crime crit = to judgecruc = cross culp = blame, guiltcult = to till cumb = to lie downcur, course = to run cure = to take carecuss = to strike , to shake deb, du = to owedei = god dem = peopledent = tooth例如：dentist 牙医- ist 表示人；dent = toothderm, derma, dermat = skindic = to proclaim dict, dit = to saydign = worthy divid, divis = to dividedoc = to teach dom = housedom = to tame, to rule don, dot, dow = to givedorm = to sleep dox, dogma = opiniondraw = to draw, to pull drom = to run , course(process) duce, duct = to lead dur = to lastdyn, dynam = power eco = house ego = I , selfelectr = electric em, empt = to take, to buy equ = equalerr = to wander, to err ess, est = to befa, fabl, fabul = to speak fac, front = face, foreheadfac, fect = to make , to do fare = to gofend , fest = to strike fer = to carry, to bear, to tolerateferv = to boil fess = to speakfest = festival fict, fig = to feignfid = to trust figure = to shape , figure(n.), form(n.) fil = thread , to spin fin = to endfix = to fasten flat = to blowflect, flex = to bend flict = to strikeflor = flower flu = to flowfoli = leaf form = to form, form ,shapefort = strong found , fund = basefract, frag = to break fug = to fleefuse, found = to pour gam = marriagegener, gen, gent = to produce, race(n.) ger, gest = to carrygrad, gress = to walk gram , graph = to writegrand = grand grat = to pleasegrav = heavy gregat = to collecthab, hibit = to have herb = grasshere, hes = to stick，her = heirhorr = to tremble hum , hom = manhum = ground hydr = waterhypno = sleep idio = personal, distinctit = to goject , jac = to throw join, junct = to joinjourn = day jud = to judgejur = to swear just, juris = law, right , justicelabor = to work laps = to slip, to glidelate = to bring , to bear later = sidelav , lau = to wash lax , lyse = to loosenlect, leg = to choose , to gather, to read leg = to appoint , to sendleg = law lev = to raise, light (adj.)liber = free libr, lib = booklic = to be permitted lig = to bindlingu = tongue, language liqu = fluidliter = letter loc = placelog , loqu, locut = to speak long = longlud = to play lumin = lightlust, luc = brightmagn, maj , max = great manu, man = hand mand, mend = to order , to entrust mari = seamark = to mark , boundary matr= mothermechan = machine med = to healmedi = middle melan = blackmemor = to remember ment = to think , mind(n.)mere = to trade , reward(n.) merge, mers = to sink, to dipmeter = to measure migr = to remove , to wandermilit = soldier, to fight min = to jut , to projectmin = small mir = to wonder, to behold miss, mit = to send, to throw mix = to mixmod = manner mon = to advise , to remind monstr = to show mor = custommorph = form mort = deathmount = mountain, to ascend mov, mob, mot = to move muni = service mur = wallmut = to change myst = mysterynat = born nau, nav = shipnecro = death, dead nect , nex = to bindneg = to deny neur , neuro , nerv = nerve neutr = neither nihil = nothingnoc , nox = to harm noct , nox = nightnomin, nom = name norm = rule, normnot = to mark nounce, nunci = to reportnov = new nul, null = nothing number, numer = number, to count nutri = to nourishocul = eye onym = nameoper = to work , work opt = to wishopt, opto = eye, sight ora = to speak ,to pray order, ordin = order ori = to rise , to beginorn = to decorate, to furnish ortho = straight , rightoss, osteo = bone pact = to agree, to fastenpan = bread par = to preparepar = equal par = to appearpar = to bear , to give birth to part = a part , to partpass = to pass passi , pati, path = to suffer, feelingspart = father ped = footped = child pel , puls = to drivepen ,pun = to punish pend, pens = to hang , to weighperi = to go through pet = to fly , to seekpetr, petro = stone, rock phan ,fan = appearance phon = sound ; phe = to speak photo = light (n.)pict = to paint , picture plac , pleas = to pleaseplain , plaint = to beat the breast plant = to plant , plant (n.) plaud, plode = to strike, to clapplen, plete, ple , pli, ply = to fill, full ( adj. )plore = to flow out ply, pli, ple = to foldpolis = city polit, poli = state, country pon , pound = to put popul, publ = peopleport = to carry port = gatepos = to place , to put potent = powerfulprec = to pray preci = pricepreda = prey(n.), to plunder press = to pressprim, prin, prem = first pris, prehend = to seize priv = private (adj.) to deprive proach , proxim = near prob, prov = to test , to try, to examine proper , propri = proper, one’s ownpsych, psycho = soul pugn = to fightpunct = to prick pur = purepurg = to purify pute = to thinkquer = to complain qui, quiet = calm , rest(n.) quire, quisit , quest = to seek quit = to free , to release radi = rootradi = ray rap, rav = to snatchrat , ratio = to reckon , reason (n.) rect = right , straightreg = to rule , king (n.) rot = wheel (n.) , to turnrud = raw rupt = to breaksacr , sanct , secr = sacredsal = salt sal, sult = to leapsal , san = whole sangui = bloodsat = full scan , scend , scal = to climbsci = to know scribe , script = to writesect = to cut sed, sess, sid = to sit semin = seed sen = oldsens ,sent = to feel sequ, secut, su = to follow sert = to join, to put serv = to serve, to keep sign = to mark simil, sembl = like(prep.), samesinu = curve ,sinus sist , stitut, sta, st = to standsoci = companion, to associate sol = alonesol = sunsomn = sleep son =soundsoph = wise ,wisdom sort = kindspec, spect = to see, to look sper = hopespers = to scatter spher = ballspir = to breathe splend = to shinespond , spons = to promise stell = starstinct, sting = to prickstring , strict , strain, stress = to draw tight stru, struct = to build suade = to advise sume,sumpt = to take summ = sum, highest sur = sure , securetail = to cut tang , tact = to touchtain , ten, tin = to hold , to keep techn(o) = art , skilltect = to cover temper = to moderate tempor = time tempt , tent = to trytend , tens , tent = to stretch tenu = thinterm = boundary terr = earthterr = to frighten test = witnesstext = to weave the(o) = godthes, thet = to place , to put tim = to fearton = tone tort = to twisttour, torn = to turn tox = poisontract , treat = to draw tribut = to pay , to bestow trop = to turn trud , trus = to thrust , to pushtum = to swell turb = to disturbultim = last umbr = shadowurb = city us , uti = to usevac, van , void = empty vade = to govaga = to wander val , vail = strong , worthvar(i) = diverse , to change velop = to wrapven , vent = to come ven = veinvenge = to avenge vent = windver = true verb = wordverg = to incline vers, vert = to turn vest = to clothe , garmentvi , voy = way vict , vinc = to conquervid , vis = to see vig , veg = livelyviv = to live voc , voke = to call , voicevolve, volut = to rollvor = to eatC) 常见的后缀（suffix）★ 1. 名词后缀(1) 具有某种职业或动作的人1)-an, -ian, 表示"……地方的人，精通……的人” American, historian2)-al, 表示"具有……职务的人" principal,3)-ant,-ent 表示"……者” merchant, agent, servant, student4)-ar 表示"……的人” scholar, liar5)-ard, -art 表示"做……的人”coward6)-arian 表示"……派别的人，……主义的人”vegetarian7)-ary 表示"从事……的人" secretary8)-ate 表示"具有……职责的人" candidate, graduate9)-ator 表示"做……的人" educator10)-crat 表示"某种政体，主义的支持者" democrat11)-ee 表示"动作承受者" employee, examinee12)-eer 表示"从事于……人" engineer, volunteer13)-er 表示"从事某种职业的人, 某地区，地方的人" banker, observer, Londoner, villager14)-ese 表示" ……国人，…..地方的人”Japanese, Cantonese15)-ess 表示"阴性人称名词" actress, hostess, manageress16)-yer 表示" 从事……职业者” lawyer17)-ian 表示"……地方人，信仰…….教的人，从事……职业的人”physician(内科医生)，musician18)-ician 表示"精通者，……家，”electrician, magician, technician19)-icist 表示"……家，…….者, …….能手”physicist20)-ic 表示"……者，……师" mechanic, critic21)-ster 表示"做…….事情的人”youngster, gamester(赌徒)，songster22)-ier 表示"从事……职业” clothier23)-ine, ian 表示"阴性人称名词" heroine, ballerina24)-ist 表示"从事……研究者，信仰……主义者" pianist, communist, dentist, artist, chemist, violinist25)-ive 表示"动作者，行为者” native, captive26)-logist 表示"……学家，研究者" biologist, geologist(地质学家)27)-or 表示"……者" author, doctor, operator,★(2). 构成，具有抽象名词的含义1)-hood, 表示"资格，身份, 年纪，状态" childhood, manhood2)-age, 表示"状态，行为，身份及其结果，总称" courage, storage, marriage3)-al,a) 表示"事物的动作，过程”refusal, arrival, survivalb) 表示具体的事物manual, signal, editorial, journal4)-ance, -ence表示"性质，状况，行为，过程，总量，程度” endurance, importance, diligence,difference, obedience5)-ancy, -ency, 表示"性质，状态，行为，过程" frequency, urgency6)-bility, 表示"动作，性质，状态" possibility, feasibility,7)-craft, 表示"工艺，技巧” woodcraft, handicraft8)-cracy, 表示"统治，支配" democracy9)-dom, 表示"等级，领域，状态" freedom, kingdom, wisdom10)-shipa) 表示技艺，技能，…法，…术horsemanship, workmanshipb)表示情况，状态，关系，性质friendship , scholarship , hardship, partnershipc)表示身份，职位，资格citizenship, membership, professorship, managership11)-ing, 表示"动作的过程，结果" building, writing, learning12)-ion, -sion, -tion, -ation, -ition, 表示"行为的过程，结果，状况" action, solution, conclusion,expression, correction13)-ise, 表示"性质，状态” exercise, merchandise14)-ism, 表示"制度，主义，学说，信仰，行为" socialism, criticism, heroism15)-ment, 表示"行为，状态，过程，手段及其结果treatment, movement, judgment,punishment,16)-ness, 表示"性质，状态，程度" goodness, kindness, tiredness, friendliness★ (3) 带有场所，地方的含义1)-age, 表示"住所，地点" village, cottage2)-ary, 表示"住所，场地" library3)-ery, ry, 表示"工作场所，饲养所，地点" laundry, nursery, surgery(手术室,外科)4)-ory, 表示"场所，住处" factory, dormitory, laboratory★ (4) 带有学术，科技含义1)-grapy, 表示"……学，写法” biography, calligraphy, geography2)-ic, ics, 表示"……学……法" logic, mechanics, optics, electronics3)-ology, 表示"……学科……论”biology, zoology, technology,ecology , geology, biology, psychology , geography4)-nomy, 表示"……学……术" astronomy, economy5)-ery,-ry 表示"学科，技术" chemistry, cookery, machinery6)-y, 表示"……学，术，法” photography, philosophy★ (5) 表示物品和物质名称的含义1)-ant, -ent constant2)-al signal, pictorial(画报)3)-ar collar 4)- er computer, washer, cooker 5)-ing clothing 6)-ment instrument, equipment★(6) 表示“细小”的含义1)-cle, particle,2)-cule, molecule(分子)3)-el, parcel4)-en, chicken, maiden5)-et, pocket, ticket6)-etta, -ette, etto, cigarette7)-kin, napkin8)-ling, duckling,9)-let, booklet10)-y, baby, doggy■ 2. 形容词后缀★（1）带有“属性，倾向，相关”的含义1)-able, -ible movable, comfortable, applicable, visible, responsible2)-al natural, additional, educational3)-an urban, suburban 4)-ant, -ent distant, important, excellent5)-ar similar, popular, regular6)-ary military, voluntary7)-ic, -atic, ical systematic, historic, physical,8)-ine feminine9)-ing moving, touching 10)-ish foolish, bookish, selfish11)-ive active ,impressive, decisive12)-ory satisfactory, compulsory★ (2) 表示“相象，类似”的含义1)-ish boyish, childish2)-esque picturesque3)-like manlike, childlike4)-ly manly, fatherly, scholarly, motherly5)-some troublesome, handsome6)-y milky★ (3) 表示“充分的”含义1)-ful, beautiful, wonderful, helpful, truthful2)-ous, dangerous, generous, courageous, various3)-ent, violent,★ (4) 表示由某种物质形成，制成或生产的含义1)-en, wooden, golden, woolen2)-ous, gaseous3)-fic, scientific★(5) 表示方向的含义1)-ern, eastern, western2)-ward, downward, forward★(6) 表示“倍数”的含义1)-ble, double, treble2)-ple, triple3)-fold, twofold, tenfold★(7) 表示“数量关系”的含义1)-teen, thirteen2)-ty, fifty3)-th, fourth★(8) 表示国籍，语种，宗教的含义1)-an, Roman, European2)-ese, Chinese, Vietnamese, Japanese3)-ish, English, Spanish★ (9) 表示“比较程度”的含义1)-er, greater2)-ish, reddish, yellowish3)-est, highest4)-most, foremost, topmost★ (10) 表示否定-less, countless, wireless★ (11) 表示“防…的”-proof fireproof windproof airproof waterproof rainproof■ 3. 动词后缀1)-ize, ise, 表示"做成，变成，…化“modernize, organize2)-en, 表示"使成为，引起，使有” quicken, weaken, darken, widen, broaden3)-fy, 表示"使…化, 使成…”beautify, purify, simplify4)-ish, 表示"使，令” finish, abolish5)-ate, 表示“成为……，处理，作用” separate, operate, indicate■ 4. 副词后缀1)-ly, possibly, swiftly, simply2)-ward, -wards, downward, inwards, upward3)-ways, always, sideways4)-wise, otherwise, clockwise, counterclockwise .-16。