科技英语词汇词缀

1 1 suffixes used to form abstract nouns ment result or means of development treatment experiment age state or condition of advantage dosage linkage ism with verb ending in ize forming ns criticism mechanism plagiarism ibility come from adjectives ending in able ible flexibility permeability stability ion sion tion action process examination observation evolution fusion propulsion ness a state or condition brightness effectiveness richness hardness fearlessness lessness without failure colorlessness odourlessness fearlessness ity a quality or condition compatibility specificity propability polarity ance ence ancy ency a process or action abundance disturbance dependence influence efficiency osis abstract nouns of process also for diseases metamorphosis mitosis tuberculosis 1 2 Suffixes used to form nouns related to mineral chemical substance or fossils ite dynamite graphite nitrite quartzite trilobite us brachiosaurus detritus fungus humus 1 3 一些来自拉丁文的名词复数后缀 也需要注意 singular nouns that end in ium change to ia when plural or um to a singular nouns that end in on change to ia when plural or n to a singular nouns that end in a change to ae when plural singular nouns that end in ix or ex change to ices when plural singular nouns that end in us change to i when plural singular nouns that end in is change to es when plural 1 4 affixes convert nouns adjs to verbs fy ify make or produce acidify classify humidify purify quantify ise ize to make cause emphasise fertilise minimize parasitize sterilize ate to act upon aerate allocate differentiate generate hydrate 1 5 affixes forming adjectives able ible able to tendency available durable variable audible flexible al quality relation celestial fractional gravitational structural survival ive show a quality or tendency active adhesive locomotive reproductive successive ine adjective formed from names of minerals plants taxonomy etc Alkaline bovine crystalline feline saline ous like full of calcareous numerous poisonous porous ary pertaining to alimentary arbitrary binary planetary sedimentary 2 Latin and Greeks e g PrefixBasic meaning English Basic meaning Chinese In In into在 内部 进入 Re Again back再次 重复 返回 jectTo throw or send将 发出 portTo carry将 带离 vertturn转 Venomous snakes inject poison into their prey to immobilize them Invert the tube several times to mix the water saturated phenol The immune system of the patient may reject a transplanted organ Evolution may cause a character to revert to its original state CombinationWordMeaning english In jectInjectInsert fluid or material into an object In vertInvertTurn upside down or inside out Re jectRejectThrow away Re vertrevertTurn back 2 1 Examples of English words with a Latin origin 2 2 Example of English words with a Greek origin 2 3 English Germanic nouns and their Latin equivalents as adopted by English for scientific use 2 4 Example of Latin words directly incorporated into English used in science with minimal change to the original 2 5 Common Latin words and their abbreviations used in written science communication 3 比较重要的表数字的前缀 3 5 Numerical prefixes and word examples table 3 4 Common Latin prefixes and their meaning 3 6 Latin and Greek root words used frequently in science 3 7 Prefixes and word examples which may be useful in various science disciplines table 3 8 Some common suffixes and examples of words which