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
air bumps
alabastrian
anocracy
assembling on board
balanophora fungosa
Balsapuerto
be nothing less than sth
Belamcanda sinensis
Bergerocactus
Bicheroux process
block (in organization of data)
buccaned
bunkrooms
c-w reference signal
carcinogenic compound
carychium pessimum
Catatumbo
clubbists
coaxial components
come to mind
conidioma
croydon finish
cyanopolyyne
cylindricality
deprovincialization
dilactones
divino
electron-beam melting
embedded in one's memory
encruster
espaces
every-day pickup
exit command
facing attachment
fends
firemarks
flexional symbol
gablik
geobenthos
gingival branches
gliders
goggled
grant-back
hairy in the heels
Haubstadt
he said, she said
hydride descaling
hydrological process
hypokalemias
independante
infostructures
interaction picture equation
iterative search
Kovpyta
labaugh
listserve
low angle x-ray diffraction
lubricating oil (lub oil)
mineral-bearing
mold jacket
neither more nor less than
nern
nn. digitales plantares proprii
nona
nonattractive
obligate aerobe(s)
off color
outlet aperture
PAIIAB
pancreolysis
pizza man
Polygonum conspicuum
Positive convexity
powder-horn
powdered sugars
press bonding
principle of isolated element
pulverain
putman
rared
rent-boy
rickety
rotating cascade
sail through
sea-bear
seasonally adjusted time series
selected chunks
siderodromophobia
Siebold's organ
space-consuming
stapedial muscle
superior parietal lobule
table specification data
Taransay, Sound of
telephone to sb
time selection circuit
Tonlop
trummelbach
venostasin
whistle rigging
wireless asynchronous transfer mode network
xenolith