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…Yet, shopkeepers may have to spend extra hours to deal with problems, such as shoplifters, who always take away things from the shop without paying for them. …
What does the word “shoplifter” mean?
商店里的小偷 B. 商店里的推销员
shop+lifter shoplifter
lifter n. 小偷
Word Formation
构词法
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构词法
派生法(Derivation)
pounding)
转化法(Conversion)
缩略法(Abbreviation)
able unable; teach teacher
space+ship spaceship
visit v. visit n.
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一、派生法(Derivation)
由词根(root)加前缀(prefix)或后缀(suffix)构成新词。
un-
否定前缀
dis-
in-
im-
mis-
non-
understand
polite
smoker
agree
fair
visible
Is it difficult for you to get up in the morning? Do you sometimes oversleep?
1. over- : too much
overwork , overeat
above sth; across
overcoat, overhead
Some important prefixes:
The trains are ____________ on Friday evenings. (crowded)
overcrowded
He enlarged his vocabulary by reading widely.
- 动词前缀
enable, endanger,
Reading can ______ your life.(rich)
enrich
Some important suffixes:
-ment, -ion, -ness, -tion, -ful, -able, -less, -en等
sharpen a pencil
strengthen
brighten
sharp adj.
sharpen v.
__________________
strength
_____________
bright
With their shining brown eyes, wagging tails, and unconditional love, dogs can provide the nonjudgmental listeners needed for a beginning reader to gain confidence.(2003NMET)
unconditional:
nonjudgmental:
无条件的,绝对的
没有判断力的
二、pounding)
highway
waiting-room
kind-hearted
把两个或两个以上独立的词合成一个新词。