可以通过词缀判断,记住几个常用的名词,形容词,动词的词缀就行。例如名词后缀 (1) 具有某种职业或动作的人1)-an, -ain, 表示"……地方的人,精通……的人“American, historian,2)-al, 表示"具有……职务的人" principal,,3)-ar, 表示"……的人“ scholar, liar, peddler4)-ee, 表示"动作承受者" employee, examinee5)-er, 表示"从事某种职业的人, 某地区,地方的人" banker, observer, Londoner, villager6)-icist, 表示"……家, …….者, …….能手“physicist, phoneticist, technicist等等 (形容词后缀 (1)带有“属性,倾向,相关”的含义1)-able, -ible, movable, comfortable, applicable, visible, responsible2)-al, natural, additional, educational4)-ant, -ent, distant, important, excellent5)-ar, similar, popular, regular6)-ary, military, voluntary7)-ing, moving, touching, daring(2) 表示“相象,类似”的含义1)-ish, boyish, childish2)-like, manlike, childlike4)-ly, manly, fatherly, scholarly, motherly5)-y, milky, pasty (3) 表示“充分的”含义1)-ful, beautiful, wonderful, helpful, truthful2)-ous, dangerous, generous, courageous, various等等动词后缀-ize, ise 表示“做成,变成,……化”:modernize, mechanize, democratize, organize-en 表示“使成为,引起,使有”:quicken, weaken, soften, harden-fy 表示“使……化,使成”beautify, purify, intensify, signify, simplify-ish 表示“使,令”:finish, abolish, diminish, establish -ate 表示“成为……,处理,作用”:separate, operate, indicate