后綴-ine
漢:形容詞以及名詞后綴ine意為"like,relating to quality ,that which"。
英:
-ine (1)
suffix used to form adjectives from nouns, from French -ine, fem. of -in, or directly from Latin -inus "of, like."
-ine (2)
chemical suffix, sometimes -in, though modern use distinguishes them; early 19c., from French -ine, from Latin -ina, fem. form of suffix used to form adjectives from nouns. In French commonly used to form words for derived substances, hence its extended use in chemistry.
一.形容詞后綴
表示屬于...的、具有...的、如...的、有...性質(zhì)的
1.divine
adj. of God,given or inspired by God 神的;天賦的
n.theologian 神學(xué)家
v. foresee 占卜;預(yù)見 *div (=God)
例句:We prayed for divine intervention to halt the planned executions.我們祈禱神能阻止已計劃好的處決。
2.feminine
adj. female;effeminate 女人的,女性的;嬌柔的,女孩子氣的 *femin(=woman)
例句:She used her feminine persuasion to get what she wanted from him.她用女性特有的方式勸說他,從他那里得到了她想要的東西。
3.genuine
adj. true,authentic 真的;真品的 *gen(=birth)
例句:At only $55 each,there is no way these are genuine Rolex watches.每一塊表才不過55美元,這此不可能是真的勞力士表。
4.masculine
adj. of or like the male sex;of male gender 男人的,男人氣概的;男性的 *mascul (=man)
例句:Our aftershave will give you that masculine smell women can't resist.我們公司的須后水會讓您擁有令人夫法抗拒的男人香。
5.sanguine
adj.hopeful,optimistic;having a red complexion ,of blood 充滿希望的,樂觀的;面色紅潤的;血紅色的 *sangu (=blood)
例句:Investors remain sanguine on Hong Kong's future.投資者們牟香港的前景很樂觀。
二.名詞后綴
表示抽象名詞
1.cuisine
n.(style of)cooking 烹飪法;菜肴
例句:Indian cuisine is notoriously hot and spicy.印度菜的辛辣是出了名的。
2.doctrine 教義,主義;medicine 醫(yī)學(xué),內(nèi)科學(xué);discipline 紀律;rapine 搶劫,掠奪
3.routine
n.fixed and regular way doing things 例行公事;日常事務(wù)
adj.usual,ordinary 通常的,一般的,日常的;平淡的
例句:It was exiting at first,but by the end of the year the job had become routine.這份工作最初還很令人興奮,但是到了末年就得很平常淡了。
表示人(多數(shù)表示女性)
heroine 女英雄;libertine 放蕩的人;landgravine 伯爵夫人;concubine 妾,姘婦
表示藥物名稱及化學(xué)名詞
1.nicotine
n. poisonous,oily substance in tobacco-leaves 尼古丁
例句:Cigarette makers have deliberately increased the amount of nicotine in their products.煙草制造商們故意提高了他們產(chǎn)品中的尼古丁含量。