时间:2018-12-02 作者:英语课 分类:手把手教你学口语


英语课

Welcome to Daily Tips on Learning English. Today’s tip is on how syllable 1 stress can affect the meaning of words.


Remenber that stressed syllables 2 are said louder and are lengthened 3, and unstressed syllables are pronounced more softly, and often have the vowel 4 sounds reduced.


Sometimes, this difference can be the difference between a verb and a noun, or an adjective.


There are at least 14 pairs of words in which syllable stress alone makes this difference. Some examples include `addict, a`ddict, `convict, con`vict, `perfect, per`fect. Each time the second syllable is stressed, the word is a verb. When the first syllable is stressed, the word is either a noun or an adjective. Let’s look some examples more closely. `Permit, per`mit, a `permit is a noun, it is a piece of paper which authorizes 5 you to do something. For instance, a fishing `permit allows you to go fishing. Per`mit is a verb. It means to allow. For instence, fishing isn’t per`mitted here without a `permit.


Another example is `perfect, per`fect. `Perfect is an adjective. It means 100% correct, no mistakes or errors. The verb is per`fect, it means to make something perfect. For example, “I want to per`fect my English” means “I want to make my English perfect”. Make sure you stress the right syllable. It can be the differece between different parts of speech. This has been today’s daily tip. Till then, tomorrow, for another tip on learning English.



1 syllable
n.音节;vt.分音节
  • You put too much emphasis on the last syllable.你把最后一个音节读得太重。
  • The stress on the last syllable is light.最后一个音节是轻音节。
2 syllables
n.音节( syllable的名词复数 )
  • a word with two syllables 双音节单词
  • 'No. But I'll swear it was a name of two syllables.' “想不起。不过我可以发誓,它有两个音节。” 来自英汉文学 - 双城记
3 lengthened
(时间或空间)延长,伸长( lengthen的过去式和过去分词 )
  • The afternoon shadows lengthened. 下午影子渐渐变长了。
  • He wanted to have his coat lengthened a bit. 他要把上衣放长一些。
4 vowel
n.元音;元音字母
  • A long vowel is a long sound as in the word"shoe ".长元音即如“shoe” 一词中的长音。
  • The vowel in words like 'my' and 'thigh' is not very difficult.单词my和thigh中的元音并不难发。
5 authorizes
授权,批准,委托( authorize的名词复数 )
  • The dictionary authorizes the two spellings 'traveler' and 'traveller'. 字典裁定traveler和traveller两种拼法都对。
  • The dictionary authorizes the two spellings "honor" and "honour.". 字典裁定 honor 及 honour 两种拼法均可。
学英语单词
all-geared clutch
anomogenesis
antimonopolists
assembler implicit address
bead flipping machine
Befeniol
branched polysaccharide chain
Burghaslach
Cape Horn Current
change-speed gear box
China Urban Planning Society
clive sinclairs
command axis
common user channel
conjugata vera obstetrica
Corylopsis yunnanensis
Darovskoy
diaminodiphenyl-sulfonum
Dwell on the past
economic experts
Ennerdale
ethyl oxide
expenditure on new plant and equipment
Father of Waters
fuel element cleaning
genus Lampropeltis
genus Macrothelypteris
genus Manis
geoponic
glennie
hand-grips
heap up wealth
Hermitian operator
industy
interactive health care information system
interturb
intracerebral ventricle injection
iridium fountain pen with anodized barrel
Jacobian elliptic function
Latheron
lawful man
lebesch
liquor natrii chloridi isotonicus
loser circuit
magma generation zone
malakand
mamsahibs
maximum swivel of tool slide
metal ceramic plastic composite
mind's eye
minifilm
myopathic atrophy
nardoes
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origin-of-life
oscillation speed of rod
paddlewheel satellite
pantomimst
paper spar
personnel files
pigheaded
plan of casting
plane cross-section assumption
polyvinyl acetate resin adhesive
Pomorskoye
port brow
property value set
protogonocyte
pulse tachometer
quarfelsic
rami glandulares
record identification
regular payment
relocation loader
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rickover
ripon falls
Robinson, W.Heath
salta
scan path
sediment trapper
Sena, R.
shrink tension
skateparks
snap-ring driver
Sotos'syndrome
speak volume
Stanbic
stovehouses
strata ganglionare nervi optici
table dancer
teacher evaluation
three phase four wire system
times-table
Troians
trowith
ultra3 scsi
umbreted
Unga Strait
warm clothes
weighted beaker
zoological thremmatology