一般而言，后缀会改变词性。有很多的单词，是在名词或动词后面加上形容词后缀，从而变成为形容词。所以，英语学习者通过积累形容词的后缀，可以更有效地提高单词量，大家一定要认真学习！
下面为大家分享常见的形容词后缀及其具体含义：
1.－ful (一般是由名词加ful) 有...性质的
hope－hopeful
help－helpful
use－useful
beauty－beautiful
colour－colourful
success－successful
wonder－wonderful
power－powerful
forget－forgetful
2.－less 无..的
use－useless
care－careless
hope－hopeless
home－homeless
help－helpless
meaning－meaningless
fear－fearless
3.－able 能够...的
do－doable
eat－eatable
suit－suitable
drink－drinkable
agree－agreeable
change－changeable
rely－reliable
comfort－comfortable
4.－ible
possible
terrible
horrible
visit－invisible
6.－al 有...特性的
nation－national
nature－natural
culture－cultural
music－musical
office－official
person－personal
practice－practical
tradition－traditional
class－classical
7.－ous 充满...的
humor—humorous
fame—famous
danger—dangerous
vary—various
anxiety—anxious
precious
serious
harmonious
8.－ive有某种倾向的
act—active
nation—native
attract—attractive
sense—sensitive
passion—passive
attention—attentive
expense—expensive
position—positive
effect—effective
creation—creative
object—objective
9.－ant
important
instant
distant
Brilliant
constant
10.－ent
different
excellent
patient
present
(注：－ent和－ant后缀的形容词相对应的名词改为－ence和－ance)
13.—ish ...民族的、...语的、...似的、患...的
fool－foolish
child－childish
self－selfish
England－English
14.－ic ...似的、与...有关的
history－historic
science－scientist
electricity－electric
plastic
Atlantic
15.－ical 同－ic
politic－political
practice－practical
physical
technical
16.－ly
常见的加ly后缀做形容词的有下面这些：
friend—friendly
father－fatherly
brother－brotherly
man－manly
day－daily
week－weekly
year－yearly
dead－deadly
love－lovely
lone－lonely
like－likely
live－lively(很可能的)
smell－smelly
sound－soundly
17.－en ...材料
wood—wooden
gold—golden
silk－silken
earth－earthen
choose－chosen
speak－spoken
fall－fallen
write－written
18.－ern ...（方位）的
east－eastern
south－southern
west－western
north－northern
southeast－southeastern
19.－some 引起...的
trouble－troublesome
bother－bothersome
20.－an 国名、地名之后
America－American
Africa－African
21.－ian 国名、地名之后
India－Indian
Asia－Asian
Australia－Australian
Italy－Italian
22.－ese 国名、地名之后
China－Chinese
Japan－Japanese
23.－like 像...的，喜欢...的
mother－motherlike
child－childlike
home－homelike
war－warlike(好战的)
今天，王老师归纳的是一些特别常见的英语形容词后缀。其实，更复杂的英语名词后缀还有不少呢。我们在英语学习中，注意归纳，这对记忆和辨认单词会非常有效。
武汉的樱花
练习：
1.However, be ______ (care) not to go to extremes.
2.The film is so ______ (interest) that most students have seen it for several times.
3.I cannot control my body well.My legs become ______ (pain).
4.He drank some ______ (die) poison and soon was in danger.
（参考答案：careful, interesting, painful, deadly）
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