| 知识 | English words have various forms, using certain suffxes for nouns referring to persons, other suffixes for practices, attitudes, philosophies, etc, and still others for adjectives. You will note, then, that -ist is a common suffx for a person; -y for a practice, attitude, etc.; and -ic or -ous for an adjective. |
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| 举例 | 1. misanthrope or misanthropist / misanthropy / misanthropic 2. misogynist / misogyny / misogynous or misogynistic 3. gynecologist / gynecology / gynecological 4. monogamist / monogamy / monogamous 5. bigamist / bigamy / bigamous 6. polygamist / polygamy / polygamous 7. polygynist / polygyny / polygynous 8. polyandrist / polyandry / polyandrous 9. philanthropist / philanthropy / philanthropic 10. anthropologist / anthropology / anthropological |
| 《》 | making friends with suffixes |
| 出处 | Word Power Made Easy SESSION 3 |
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