英语词汇的重音位置是有其规律的。
例如:有些双音节词汇做名词时重音往往落在首音节上;而做动词时,重音就落在第二音节上了。这些词汇常见的有:addict,accent,abstract,annex等。
掌握好并读准单词的重音有一定的规律可循。
为了便于记忆和学习,现将部分规则按重音位置和字母顺序作如下归纳,并从理论上进行简要分析。
一、归类部分
1.重音落在末音节的字母组合
①以-ee结尾,读音为/!>?/的词汇:
appellee chimpanzee conferee contestee decree drawee evacuee em-ployee goatee grandee guarantee indictee inductee
②以-act结尾,读音为/$kt/的词汇,多为动词:
contact contract detract distract exact enact intact interact
③-air,-aire或-are结尾,读音为/#+/的词汇:
affair concessionaire enclair millionaire aware prepare
④以-ade结尾,读音为/eid/的词汇:
arcade brigade colonnade escalade escapade(exception:decade)
⑤以-ane结尾,读音为/ein/的词汇:
inane insane profane humane
⑥以-ceive结尾,读音为/s!>?v/的动词:
conceive deceive perceive receive
⑦以-duce结尾,读音为/dj(>?s/的词汇:
conduce deduce induce introduce reduce reproduce subduce traduceseduce
⑧以-ease结尾,读音为/!>?s/或/!>?z/的词汇:
appease decease decrease disease increase predecease release sub-lease surcease
⑨以-een结尾,读音为/!>?n/的名词:
colleen canteen pretteen Salween shagreen thirteen spalpeenvelevteen yestreen
⑩以-eer结尾,读音为/i+/的名词:
cannoneer compeer domineer engineer fronteer gadgeteer gazetterpamphleteer patrioteer (11)以-ect结尾,读音为/ekt/的动词:
ziaaffect bisect collect defect direct detect correct confect connectdisinfect eject elect
(12)以-ede结尾,读音为/!>?d/的动词:
accede antecede concede impede intercede precede recede retrocedesecede supercede (13)以-end结尾,读音为/end/的动词:
attend amend commend comprehend contend defend depend extendintend represend subtend (14)以-el结尾,读音为/el/的词汇:
compel impel Nobel marcel propel rebel(v.)
(15)以-ert结尾,读音为/+>?t/的词汇:
assert concert convert desert introvert subvert
(16)以-ese结尾,读/!>?s/或/!>?z/的词汇:
Chinese Japanese Napalese sudanese telegraphese vietnamese
(17)以-clude结尾,读音为/kl(>?d/的动词:
conclude exclude include occlude preclude seclude
(18)以-esce结尾,读音为/es/的词汇:
coalesce deliquesce effloresce evanesce recrudesce
(19)以-ess结尾,读音为/es/的动词:
compress confess depress express impress profess redress represssuppress transgress 若不是动词,以-ess结尾,的词汇之重音位置不固定:
'progress 'congress pro'cess un'less
(20)以-est结尾,读音为/est/的动词:
adjest congest contest digest infest protest suggest
(21)以-ette结尾,读音为/et/的词汇:
cassette cigarette brunette coquette chemisette forssette frisettegazette grisette (22)以-form结尾,读音为/f&>?m/的动词:
conform perform reform transform(但uniform是名词)
(23)以-ict结尾,读音为/ikt/的动词:
afflict conflict constrict contradict inflict predict restric
(24)以-ide结尾,读音为/aid/的词汇:
aside astride beside confide divide provide reside subside
(25)以-ign结尾,读音为/ain/的动词:
assign condign design consign resign
(26)以-ire结尾,读音为/ai+/的动词:
conspire esquire expire desire inquire inspire require respire
(27)以-lapse结尾,读音为/l$ps/的词汇:
collapse prolapse relapse
(28)以-mit结尾,读音为/mit/的词汇:
admit commit demit emit intermit omit permit pretermit remitsubmit transmit
(若是名词,重音落在首音节,如:'limit 'summit 'vomit)
(29)以-ort结尾,读音为/&>?t/的动词:
disport distort escort export import report retort support trans-port
(若是名词,重音多落在首音节:escort export import bistort purport等。)
(30)以-ore结尾,读音为/&>?/的词汇:
afore before deplore explore restore
(31)以-pose结尾,读音为/p+us/、/p+uz/的动词:
depose decompose expose impose interpose oppose indispose predis-pose propose suppose
(32)以-scribe结尾,读音为/skraib/的词汇:
conscribe describe escribe prescribe subscribe transcribe
(33)以-scend结尾,读音为/send/的词汇:
ascend condescend descend transcend
(34)以-oon结尾,读音为/(>?n/的词汇:
afternoon balloon buffoon cartoon cocoon decocoon dragoon festoongalloon octoroon pocaroon (exception:forenoon)