后缀-动词后缀
常见的此类后缀及其具体含义如下：1．-ify意为：转为,变为（to turn into,to make or become）例词：beautify,diversify,simplify 2．-ize；-en意为：使……,变得……（to make or become ；to make into）例词：modernize,popularize,legalize,hospitalize,symbolize,ripen,widen,heighten,threaten 3．-ate意为：增加,使……（give or add,make or become）例词：originate,hydrogenate,validate,differentiate
后缀-形容词后缀
常见的此类后缀及其具体含义如下：1．-ful意为：充满,有（full of；hav- ing；giving；etc．）例词：useful,pitiful,hopeful,helpful,forgetful,thankful,fearful 2．-less意为：没有,无（without；not giving）例词：speechless,childless,harmless,hopeless,meaningless 3．-ly意为：有……品质的（having the qualities of）例词：beastly,manly,brotherly,friendly 4．-like意为：像……的（like）例词：childlike,statesmanlike,tiger-like 5．-y；-ish意为：像……一般的（somewhat like）例词：meaty,sandy,silky,hairy,leafy,watery,foolish,girlish,blackish,thinnish 6．-some意为：像……一样的；引起……的；有……品质的（like；causing； having the quality of）例词：troublesome,burdensome,wholesome,tiresome,bothersome 7．-able（ible）意为：能……的；可以……的（able to be ；capable）例词：changeable,readable,drinkable,comfortable,expansible,convincible 8．-ed意为：有……的（having,etc．）例词：wooded,pointed,moneyed,odd-shaped 9．-al意为：有……属性的,……类型的（nature of,typical of）例词：cultural,personal,regional,musical 10．-ary（ory）意为：属于……的,与……相连的（belonging to；connected with）例词：revolutionary,imaginary,contradictory 11．-ous意为：富含……的；有……品质的；像……的（full of；having the quality of；like）例词：glorious,erroneous,malicious,gracious 12．-ic（ical）意为：……类的；属于……的（typical of；belonging to）例词：historic,historical,methodic,methodical,dramatic,heroic 13．-ive意为：有……属性的；有某种倾向的（having the nature or quality of；given or tending to）例词：attractive,talkative,restrictive,defensive,preventive,constructive,sensitive