音节数对英语重音位置也有明显的影响。第一种是单音节词。所有单音节词都是重读的。第二种是双音节词,双音节词的重音主要受词性影响,其次是前缀。如果该词是动词、形容词、介词,重音往往在第二个音节上,如果是名词,重音往往在第一个音节上。前一类如defend, irate, above,后一类如window,cable等等。下面几个具有双重词性的单词最具有启发性;作为动词,project(投射)、object(反对)、refuse(拒绝)、produce(生产)重音均在第二个音节上;作为名词,它们的重音都在第一个音节上(意思分别是项目、客体、垃圾、农产品)。前缀对双音节词影响较大,特别是a-be-en-,以它们开头的词重音普遍在第二个音节。第三种是三音节和更多音节的词。这一类词的重音位置主要取决于后缀。
简单来说吧,单音节单词如cup,pot没有重音,双音节重音在前面,三音节和在第二个音节开始重音,多音节要视情况而定重音和次重音,所以有的词变换了形式,比如economy和它的形容词economic就重音后移了,因为多一个音节了。但是这些规则只是笼统,或大多数,有特殊的很多要记的。比如interesting,重音在第一个,很多很多人都读重音在第二个
zia一、归类部分
1.重音落在末音节的字母组合
-ee结尾,读音为/!>?/的词汇:
appellee chimpanzee conferee contestee decree drawee evacuee em-ployee goatee grandee guarantee indictee inductee
-act结尾,读音为/$kt/的词汇,多为动词:
contact contract detract distract exact enact intact interact
-air-aire-are结尾,读音为/#+/的词汇:
affair concessionaire enclair millionaire aware prepare
-ade结尾,读音为/eid/的词汇:
arcade brigade colonnade escalade escapadeexceptiondecade
-ane结尾,读音为/ein/的词汇:
inane insane profane humane
-ceive结尾,读音为/s!>?v/的动词:
conceive deceive perceive receive
-duce结尾,读音为/dj(>?s/的词汇:
conduce deduce induce introduce reduce reproduce subduce traduceseduce
-ease结尾,读音为/!>?s//!>?z/的词汇:
appease decease decrease disease increase predecease release sub-lease surcease
-een结尾,读音为/!>?n/的名词:
colleen canteen pretteen Salween shagreen thirteen spalpeenvelevteen yestreen
-eer结尾,读音为/i+/的名词:
cannoneer compeer domineer engineer fronteer gadgeteer gazetterpamphleteer patrioteer
(11)-ect结尾,读音为/ekt/的动词:
affect bisect collect defect direct detect correct confect connectdisinfect eject elect
(12)-ede结尾,读音为/!>?d/的动词:
accede antecede concede impede intercede precede recede retrocedesecede supercede
(13)-end结尾,读音为/end/的动词:
attend amend commend comprehend contend defend depend extendintend represend subtend
(14)-el结尾,读音为/el/的词汇:
compel impel Nobel marcel propel rebelv.)
(15)-ert结尾,读音为/+>?t/的词汇:
assert concert convert desert introvert subvert
(16)-ese结尾,读/!>?s//!>?z/的词汇:
Chinese Japanese Napalese sudanese telegraphese vietnamese
(17)-clude结尾,读音为/kl(>?d/的动词:
conclude exclude include occlude preclude seclude
(18)-esce结尾,读音为/es/的词汇:
coalesce deliquesce effloresce evanesce recrudesce
(19)-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)-est结尾,读音为/est/的动词:
adjest congest contest digest infest protest suggest
(21)-ette结尾,读音为/et/的词汇:
cassette cigarette brunette coquette chemisette forssette frisettegazette grisette
(22)-form结尾,读音为/f&>?m/的动词:
conform perform reform transform(但uniform是名词)
(23)-ict结尾,读音为/ikt/的动词:
afflict conflict constrict contradict inflict predict restric
(24)-ide结尾,读音为/aid/的词汇:
aside astride beside confide divide provide reside subside
(25)-ign结尾,读音为/ain/的动词:
assign condign design consign resign
(26)-ire结尾,读音为/ai+/的动词:
conspire esquire expire desire inquire inspire require respire
(27)-lapse结尾,读音为/l$ps/的词汇:
collapse prolapse relapse
(28)-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)-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)-ore结尾,读音为/&>?/的词汇:
afore before deplore explore restore
(31)-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)-scribe结尾,读音为/skraib/的词汇:
conscribe describe escribe prescribe subscribe transcribe
(33)-scend结尾,读音为/send/的词汇:
ascend condescend descend transcend
(34)-oon结尾,读音为/(>?n/的词汇:
afternoon balloon buffoon cartoon cocoon decocoon dragoon festoongalloon octoroon pocaroonexceptionforenoon
(35)-que结尾,读音为/k/的词汇:
antique boutique blottesque burlesque arabesque cacique critiquegrotesque Japanesque mystique
(36)-r结尾,现在分词和过去分词均要双写r-red-ring):
demur incur inter infer occur prefer recur refer transfer
(37)-uct结尾,读音为/)kt/的词汇:
conduct construct deduct instruct obstruct product
(38)-ult结尾,读音为/)lt/的词汇:
consult exult insult occult midcult result