1、七大特殊单词重音规则 1. 英语中派生词的重音和词根重音一致。 派生词就是一些有同样词根的词。比如: act, active, actively compare comparison 2. 带有下列后缀的词:-ary, -ery, -ory, -ism, -ist, -mony, -ment, -ary等,重音通常在第一个音节上。例如: customary scientist slavery factory realism 3. 带下列前缀的词:a-, ab-, ac-, ad-, al-, be-, con-, de-, dis-, em-, en-, in-, mis-, re-, tra
2、ns-, un-重音通常在第二音节上。例如: about abduce accede admire belong consult detect dislike 4. 带下列后缀的词:-aim, -ain, -cur, -eem, -duce, -ere, -firm, -gn, -oin, -oke, -ose, -pt, -rce, -self, -ume重音通常在第二音节。 contain occur sincere design confirm 5. 带下列后缀的词:-ade, -ain, -ee, -eer, -esque, -ette, -ique, -ine, -oon重音通常在最
3、后一个音节。这些词一般都是从法语中借来的词。例如: employee antique magazine cigar volunteer gasoline 6. 带下列后缀的词:-eous, -ial, -ian, -ic, -ics, -ient, -ion, -ious, -ish, -it, -liar, -sive, -tal, -uous重音通常在倒数第二音节上。例如: occasion relation astonish deposit musician 7. 但是有些派生词,比如从名词派生出来的形容词,它的重音就得发生变化,通常是后移。 例如: science scientific
4、 accident accidental democrat democratic politics political其实,英语词汇的重音位置通常是有规律的。例如:有些双音节词汇做名词时重音往往落在首音节上;而做动词时,重音就落在第二音节上了。这些词汇常见的有:addict,accent,abstract,annex等。 可见,掌握好并读准单词的重音有一定的规律可循。 为了便于记忆和学习,现将部分规则按重音位置和字母顺序作如下归纳,并从理论上进行简要分析。 一、归类部分 重音落在末音节的字母组合以-ee结尾,读音为/i:/的词汇:appellee chimpanzee conferee con
5、testee decree drawee evacuee em-ployee goatee grandee guarantee indictee inductee以-act结尾,读音为/kt/的词汇,多为动词:contact contract detract distract exact enact intact interact-air,-aire或-are结尾,读音为/e/的:affair concessionaire enclair millionaire aware prepare以-ade结尾,读音为/eid/的词汇:arcade brigade colonnade escalade
6、 escapade(exception:decade)以-ane结尾,读音为/ein/的词汇:inane insane profane humane以-ceive结尾,读音为/si:v/的动词:conceive deceive perceive receive以-duce结尾,读音为/dju:s/的词汇:conduce deduce induce introduce reduce reproduce subduce traduceseduce以-ease结尾,读音为/i:z/或/i:s/的词汇:appease decease decrease disease increase predecea
7、se release sub-lease surcease以-een结尾,读音为/i:n/的名词:colleen canteen preteen Salween shagreen thirteen spalpeenvelevteen yestreen以-eer结尾,读音为/i/的名词:cannoneer compeer domineer engineer fronteer gadgeteer gazetter pamphleteer patrioteer(11)以-ect结尾,读音为/ekt/的动词:affect bisect collect defect direct detect corr
8、ect confect connect disinfect eject elect(12)以-ede结尾,读音为/i:d/的动词:accede antecede concede impede intercede precede recede retrocede secede supercede(13)以-end结尾,读音为/end/的动词:attend amend commend comprehend contend defend depend extend intend represend subtend(14)以-el结尾,读音为/el/的词汇:compel impel Nobel mar
9、cel propel rebel(v)(15)以-ert结尾,读音为/:t/的词汇:assert concert convert desert introvert subvert(16)以-ese结尾,读/i:s/或/i:z/的词汇:Chinese Japanese Napalese sudanese telegraphese vietnamese(17)以-clude结尾,读音为/klu:d/的动词:conclude exclude include occlude preclude seclude(18)以-esce结尾,读音为/es/的词汇:coalesce deliquesce effl
10、oresce evanesce recrudesce(19)以-ess结尾,读音为/es/的动词:compress confess depress express impress profess redress represssuppress transgress若不是动词,以-ess结尾的词汇之重音位置不固定:progress congress process unless(20)以-est结尾,读音为/est/的动词:adjest congest contest digest infest protest suggest(21)以-ette结尾,读音为/et/的词汇:cassette ci
11、garette brunette coquette chemisette forssette frisettegazette grisette(22)以-form结尾,读音为/f:m/的动词:conform perform reform transform(但uniform是名词)(23)以-ict结尾,读音为/ikt/的动词:afflict conflict constrict contradict inflict predict restric(24)以-ide结尾,读音为/aid/的词汇:aside astride beside confide divide provide reside
12、 subside(25)以-ign结尾,读音为/ain/的动词:assign condign design consign resign(26)以-ire结尾,读音为/ai/的动词:conspire esquire expire desire inquire inspire require respire(27)以-lapse结尾,读音为/lps/的词汇:collapse prolapse relapse(28)以-mit结尾,读音为/mit/的词汇:admit commit demit emit intermit omit permit pretermit remit submit tran
13、smit(若是名词,重音落在首音节,如:limit summit vomit)(29)以-ort结尾,读音为/:t/的动词:disport distort escort export import report retort support trans-port(若是名词,重音多落在首音节:escort export import bistort purport等。)(30)以-ore结尾,读音为/:/的词汇:afore before deplore explore restore(31)以-pose结尾,读音为/puz/、/pus/的动词:depose decompose expose im
14、pose interpose oppose indispose predis-pose propose suppose(32)以-scribe结尾,读音为/skraib/的词汇:conscribe describe escribe prescribe subscribe transcribe(33)以-scend结尾,读音为/send/的词汇:ascend condescend descend transcend(34)以-oon结尾,读音为/u:n/的词汇:afternoon balloon buffoon cartoon cocoon decocoon dragoon festoon ga
15、lloon octoroon pocaroon(exception:forenoon)(35)以-que结尾,读音为/k/的词汇:antique boutique blottesque burlesque arabesque cacique critique grotesque Japanesque mystique(36)以-r结尾,现在分词和过去分词均要双写r(-red,-ring):demur incur inter infer occur prefer recur refer transfer(37)以-uct结尾,读音为/kt/的词汇:conduct construct deduct
16、 instruct obstruct product(38)以-ult结尾,读音为/lt/的词汇:consult exult insult occult midcult result(39)以-ume结尾,读音为/ju:m/的词汇:assume consume perfume presume subsume(40)以-use结尾,读音为/ju:s/或/ju:z/的词汇:accuse confuse excuse perfuse refuse suffuse transfuse(41)以-ure结尾,读音为/ju/ (其中-sure读音为/u/ 、-ture读音为/tu/)的词汇:accure
17、impure immure insecure insure inure mature obscure per-dure procure secure(exceptions:epicure manicure)2重音落在倒数第二个音节的字母组合:以-ial结尾,读音为/l/、/il/或/jl/的词汇:/l/:confidential existential impartial inferential influential initial prejudicial sacrificial substantial/il/:authorial bimestrial colloquial gressori
18、al material mercurial ministerial motorial pictorial prefatorial tectorial visitorial bicentennial colonial/jl/:antimonial 以-ian结尾,读音为/n/、/in/、/jn/的词汇:/n/:academician arithmetician acoustician electrician Eurasian Lin-guistician musician Persian politician practician/in/、/jn/:Cantabrigian collegian
19、Colombian historian rosarian salu-tatorian subclavian以-ia结尾,读音为/i/、/j/、/的词汇:国名、地名:Australia Ethiopia Indonesia Malaysia Mauritania Roma-nia医学:abulia achromatopsia acidemia acrophobia aerophobia bilharzia insomnia其他:academia acedia cryptomeria razzia encyclopedia以-ic结尾,读音为/ik/偶或包括以-ics结尾的词汇:atomatic
20、atmospheric autarkic autographic ballistic climatic cosmeticenteric epidemic以-ior结尾,读音为/i/的词汇,形容词居多:inferior junior posterior prior senior superior ulterior以-it结尾,读音为/it/的词汇:cohabit demerit discredit discomfit decrepit deposit explicit dispirit disinherit inspirit inherit inhabit inhibit reposit tra
21、nsit visit以-scence(n)或-scent(adj)结尾:acescence acquiescence deliquescence convalescence evanescence obso-lescence reminiscence renascence decrescent marcescent pubescent re-crudescent quiescent resipiscent suffrutescent以-ion或-sion结尾:accusaion abolition confusion explosion decision impression persua-s
22、ion excitation suggestion invitation3重音落在倒数第三个音节的字母组合:以-fy结尾,读音为/fai/的动词:acidify identify intensify emulsify lapidify personify qualify modify prettify simplify transmogrify以-ical结尾,读音为/ik()l/的词汇:academical chemical electrical political periodical encyclical teleologi-cal inimical theoretical techno
23、logical以-icide结尾,读音为/isaid/的词汇:suicide aborticide acaricide foeticide fratricide herbicide infanticide liberticide uxoricide以-itude结尾,读音为/itju:d/的词汇:attitude decrepitude infinitude lassitude latitude platitude以-ity结尾,读音为/iti/的词汇:ability curiosity civility facility fragility opportunity personality p
24、ossibility sensitivity simplicity speciality utility vanity whimsicality以-graph或-phy结尾,读音为/grf/或/fi/的词汇:aerography bibliography biography calligraphy chirography geography lexicography photography planography telegraphy theosophy philosophy以-ology结尾,读音为/ld/的词汇:aerology bibliology bryology crytology
25、ecology Egyptology lexicology technology pestology psychology testaceology teleology theology zoology以-otomy结尾,读音为/tmi/的词汇:neurotomy tenotomy tracheotomy trichotomy以-ular结尾,读音为/jul/的词汇:biangular binocular consular insular intercelluar ocular orbicular popular particular secular regular triangular4词汇
26、加了前缀后的重读位置重读落在第一音节的词汇,加前缀后,重读位置不变:dazzlebedazzle operatecooperateforceenforce logicalillogicalliterateilliterate constantinconstant重读落在第二音节的词汇,加前缀后,原重读位置不受影响,但前缀的字母组合作为一个音节可重读或次重读:producereproducegraduatepostgraduatenationalinternationalimpressionismneo-impressionism(the only exception:finiteinfinie)