现代英语词汇学概论3delete1.pptVIP

A ______ of war _______ of the meeting was delayed until the nest day. A story that lacks _____. 3. –ish /-like N. → Adj. e.g. childish / childlike -ish: derogatory 1. variety / variation A.There are wide regional ____ in house prices. B.The T-shirts are available in a wide ____of colors. 2. incredible / incredulous A. The way she escaped is an absolutely ____story. B.?I could tell she knew he was lying by her ___ smile. C. They all looked ______ when the young woman said that she could get their factory to make a profit within five months. 3. imaginary / imaginative A.?____ works can always attract a lot of readers. B.?It is only an ____story, so you’d better not believe it. 4. sensible / sensitive A.?I think it is a very ____ thing for you to do under the circumstances. B.??No, I didn’t mean that. You are too ______. 5. exciting / excited / excitable A. Never mind him. He is a very _____ person. He doesn’t know what he is talking about. 6. subtle / delicate A.?There is a very _____difference between “citizen rights” and “human rights”. B.?This is a _____situation. We must handle it with great care. C. She looked very ______, but she was very energetic and had a strong will. 7. worth / worthy / worthwhile A.?I can fix it. But it isn’t _____. Why don’t we go and get a new one? B.??His effort was _____ of great praise. C. How much do you think a pearl of that size will be _______? back 3.4 Conversion 词类转换法 Questions: 1. What is “conversion”? What is the difference between conversion and suffixation? A word formation process whereby a word of a certain word-class is shifted into a word of another word-class without the addition of an affix. 2. The types of conversion 词类转换法 conversion functional shift derivation by zero suffix functional shift: concerned with usage only not with word-formation derivation by zero suffix: long and cumbersome; clarify on