考研大纲英语常用前后缀.doc

考研大纲英语常用前后缀
1、常用前缀
aero-: concerning the air or aircraft
plane—aeroplane
space—aerospace
 
anti-: against; opposite of
nuclear—antinuclear
matter—antimatter
war—antiwar
 
auto-: of or by oneself
biography—autobiography
criticism—autoerotism
 
be-: to treat as the stated thing
friend—befriend
little—belittle
 
bi-: two; twice; double
lingual—bilingual
cycle—bicycle
 
bio-: concerning living things
chemistry—biochemistry
sphere—biosphere
 
by-, bye-: less important
product—by-product
way—byway
 
centi-: hundredth part
grade—centigrade
meter—centimeter
 
co-: together, with
author—coauthor
exist—coexist
 
col-:(used before l) together, with
location—collocation
com-: (used before b, m, p) together, with
passion
 
con-: together, with
centric—concentric
federation—confederation
 
contra-: opposite
diction—contradiction
natural—contranatural
 
cor-: (used before r) together with
relate—correlate
respond—correspond
 
counter-: opposite
act—counteract
attack—counterattack
 
cross-: across; going between the stated things and joining them
country—crosscountry
breed—crossbreed
 
de-: showing an opposite; to remove; to deduce
code—decode
value—devalue
 
dis-: not; the opposite of
advantage—disadvantage
agree—disagree
honest—dishonest
 
em-: (used before b, m, p) to cause to e
body—embody
power—empower
 
en-: to cause to e; to make
danger—endanger
large—enlarge
 
ex-: former(and still living)
minister—ex-minister
wife—ex-wife
 
extra-: outside; beyond
curricular—extracurricular
ordinary—extraordinary
 
fore-: in advance, before; in or at the front
arm—forearm
warn—forewarn
 
il-: (used before l) not
legal—illegal
literate—illiterate
 
im-: (used before b, m, p) not
moral—immoral
possible—impossible
 
in-: not
direct—indirect
sensitive—insensitive
 
infra-: below in a range; beyond
red—infrared
structure—infrastructure
 
inter-: between; among
change—interchange
nation