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
active jammer
aerobats
ajiva
allyl phenylcinchoninate
American dwarf birch
American Tramp Shipowners Association
anomalistically
anticorrosive varnish
assembled data set control block
be found wanting
binary file
binary time series
biogeocoenosis complex
blurred-lights
bolingbrook
bract-
brain-melting
buoyant tower
caffeine citrate
captive agency
carged
casus omissus
chadacryst
cheek line
cinetheodolite tracking system
Cockerell
collatoral
Cou.
counterimmunoelectrophoresis
ctenocella umbraculum
Cymbidium aloifolium
deconstructable
deniers
difference spectra
double-side leader
dummy file name
dyspancreatism
earning rate
ectotympanics
erbium-doped yttrium lithium fluoride laser
exessive indebtedness
false advertising
fixed-displacement motor
gaff rigged sloop
get into a muddle
Gharrāf
gillaroo
have blood worth bottling
haxo
hecto-radian
hitch-hikes
hole conduction
hrotsvitha
hydrologistor
industry cooperative programme
intermittent gaslift
jeepney
jilimi
Kegel karst
Kindia, Rég. Adm.de
Laurencin
laws governing special economy
Liatorp
lid sac
ligamenta thyreoarytaenoideum inferius
loose wool dyeing machine
malignant smallpox
micronektonic
Molotov cocktail
neutron excitation of the nucleus
ninth-centuries
nonmethodological
normally deenergized track circuit
nubilest
omit to do
optical allachesthesia
outbrist
pinehurst
plate slab mill
polyesterifications
predestiny
principles of management
scalar filter
self-release coupling
set of structural equations
sevant
sintering pallet
sleeper holding measuring device
Smilax emeiensis
suspension joint
systems behavior
test particle
thalrugosine
tricentennial
unvendible
Vaccinium carlesii
value-pluralism
voltage deviation factor
woodlin
x-ray fluorescent analysis (xrf)