看词辨意

在英语中，很多词都可以通过它的词根来了解它的意思！

如下面几个例子：

词根	含义
capt-	take, grab
ceed-	go
dict-	say, talk
fer-	carry
fac-	make
graph-	write
miss-	send
port-	carry
scrib-,scrip-	write
vis-	see

带前缀的：
词根	含义
ad-	to, toward
con-	together
de-	down
dis-	not, away
ex-	out of
in-	not
in-	in, into
pre-	begore
pro-	forward
re-	again, back

带后缀的：
词根	含义	例子
-al		visual has to do with sight normal labels things that fit norm mental is anything related to the mind
-able		reasonable shows the use or application of reason seasonable labels something that changes with the seasons
-ic		prophetic is being like a prophet fantastic labels things produced by fantasy
-er, -or	one who does something	a teacher teaches a governor governs an elevator lifts us up and brings us down
-ess	female	an actress is a woman who acts a princess is the daughter or wife of a prince
-escent	growing	a convalescent is a sick person getting well
-fy	make	to satisfy means to make content to amplify is to make more ample
-ling	small, low	a duckling is a small duck a hireling is a low, base person hired for dirty work
-ize	make	to sterilize means to make sterile to modernize means to make modern

摘自：Hans P. Guth & Edgar H. Schuster "American English Today -- the tools of English"