一、名词后缀
1.or/er/ess/crat/cis:做某件事情或职业的人或物：worker, debtor ,actress, democrat
1. -acy, 表示\"性质，状态，境遇\" democracy, accuracy, diplomacy
2. -ance, -ence表示\"性质，状况，行为，过程，总量，程度” importance, diligence, difference, obedience
3. -ancy, -ency, 表示\"性质，状态，行为，过程\" frequency, urgency, efficiency,
4. -bility, 表示\"动作，性质，状态\" possibility, flexibility, feasibility,
5. -dom, 表示\"等级，领域，状态\" freedom, kingdom, wisdom
6. -hood, 表示\"资格，身份, 年纪，状态\" childhood, manhood, falsehood
7. -ion, -sion, -tion, -ation, -ition, 表示\"行为的过程，结果，状况\" action, solution, conclusion, destruction, expression, correction
8. -ism, 表示\"制度，主义，学说，信仰，行为\" socialism, criticism, colloquialism, heroism
9. -ity, 表示\"性质，状态，程度” purity, reality, ability, calamity
10. -ment, 表示\"行为，状态，过程，手段及其结果 treatment, movement, judgment, punishment, argument
11. -ness, 表示\"性质，状态，程度\" goodness, kindness, tiredness, friendliness
12. -ship, 表示\"情况，性质，技巧，技能及身份，职业” hardship, membership, friendship
13. -th, 表示\"动作，性质，过程，状态\" depth, wealth, truth, length, growth
14. -tude, 表示\"性质，状态，程度\" latitude, altitude(海拔)
15. ure, 表示\"行为，结果\" exposure, pressure, failure, procedure(手续)
16. -grapy, 表示\"……学，写法” biography, calligraphy, geography
17. -ic, ics, 表示\"……学……法\" logic, mechanics, electronics, linguistics
18. -ology, 表示\"……学……论”biology, zoology, technology(工艺学)
19. -nomy, 表示\"……学……术\" astronomy, economy, bionomy(生态学)
二、形容词后缀
带有“属性，倾向，相关”的含义
1)-able, -ible, visible, flexible
2)名词-ish, foolish, bookish, selfish(注意accomplish, vanish)
3)-ive, active, sensitive, productive
4)-like, manlike, childlike
5)名词-ly, manly, fatherly, scholarly, motherly
6)-some, troublesome, handsome
7)-ful, beautiful, wonderful, helpful, truthful
8)-ous, dangerous, generous, courageous, various
9)-ent, violent
10)-most, foremost, topmost
11)less, 表示否定，countless, stainless, wireless
三、动词后缀
1.-ize, ise, 表示\"做成，变成，……化“modernize, mechanize, democratize, organize
2.-en, 表示\"使成为，引起，使有” quicken, weaken, soften, harden
3.)-fy, 表示\"使……化, 使成”beautify, purify, intensify, signify, simplify
4.-ish, 表示\"使，令” finish, abolish, diminish, establish
5.-ate, 表示“成为……，处理，作用” separate, operate, indicate
四、副词后缀
(形容词)-ly：bad→badly坏地/恶劣地，careful→carefully小心地 -wise(OE)：clock→clockwise(a./adv.)顺时针方向的(地)；like→likewise同样地 -wards：out→outwards向外面地，north→northwards向北方地 来源
