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-, t
2、rans-, 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
3、通常在最后一个音节。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 scien
4、tific 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 confe
5、ree contestee 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 colon
6、nade escalade 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
7、 increase predecease 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 def
8、ect direct detect correct 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
9、词汇:compel impel Nobel marcel 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
10、/es/的词汇:coalesce deliquesce effloresce 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
11、(21)以-ette 结尾,读音为 /et/的词汇:cassette cigarette 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 a
12、stride beside confide divide provide reside 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
13、 intermit omit permit pretermit remit submit transmit(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
14、)以-pose 结尾,读音为/puz/、/pus/的动词:depose decompose expose impose 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
15、 balloon buffoon cartoon cocoon decocoon dragoon festoon galloon 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 re
16、cur refer transfer(37)以-uct 结尾,读音为/kt/的词汇:conduct construct deduct 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
17、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 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 prejud
18、icial sacrificial substantial/il/:authorial bimestrial colloquial gressorial 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-guistic
19、ian musician Persian politician practician/in/、/jn/:Cantabrigian collegian 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
20、 acedia cryptomeria razzia encyclopedia以-ic 结尾,读音为/ik/ 偶或包括以-ics 结尾的词汇:atomatic 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 decrepi
21、t deposit explicit dispirit disinherit inspirit inherit inhabit inhibit reposit transit 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 suffrutesce
22、nt以-ion 或-sion 结尾:accusaion abolition confusion explosion decision impression persua-sion 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 che
23、mical electrical political periodical encyclical teleologi-cal inimical theoretical technological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 platitud
24、e以-ity 结尾,读音为/iti/ 的词汇:ability curiosity civility facility fragility opportunity personality possibility 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 planogr
25、aphy telegraphy theosophy philosophy以-ology 结尾,读音为/ld/的词汇:aerology bibliology bryology crytology 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 binocu
26、lar consular insular intercelluar ocular orbicular popular particular secular regular triangular4词汇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:finite infinie)