常见英语前缀大全(英文版).docx

List of Common English prefixesNativePrefixMeaningExamplea-verb predicative adjective with progressive aspectafloat, atrembleanti-againstanti-war, antivirus, anti-humanarch-supreme, highest, worstarch-rival, archangelbe-equipped with, covered with, beset with (pejorative or facetious)bedeviled, becalm, bedazzle, bewitchco-joint, with, accompanyingco-worker, coordinator, cooperationcounter-against, in opposition tocounteract, counterpartde-reverse action, get rid ofde-emphasisedis-not, opposite ofdisloyal, disagreedis-reverse action, get rid ofdisconnect, disinformationen-/em-to make into, to put into, to get intoenmesh, empowerex-formerex-husband, ex-boss, ex-colleaguefore-before, in frontforearm, foregut, forehand, forerunnerhind-afterhindgutmal-bad(ly)malnourishmid-middlemidgut, midlifemidi-medium-sizedmidi-lengthmini-smallminimarket, mini-roommis-wrong, astraymisinformation, misguideout-better, faster, longer, beyondoutreach, outcomeover-too muchoverreact, overactpost-afterpost-election, post-graduationpre-beforepre-election, pre-enterpro-for, on the side ofpro-lifere-again, backredo, revisit, rerunself-selfself-sufficientstep-family relation by remarriagestepbrothertrans-across, from one place to anothertransatlantictwi-twotwibill, twilightun-not, opposite ofunnecessary, unequalun-reverse action, deprive of, release fromundo, untieunder-below, beneath, lower in grade/dignity, lesser, insufficientunderachieve, underground, underpassup-greater, higher, or betterupgrade, upliftwith-againstwithstandNeo-classicalPrefixMeaningExamplesAfro-relating to AfricaAfro-Americanambi-bothambidextrous, ambitendencyamphi-two, both, on both sidesamphiaster, amphitheater, amphibianan-/a-not, withoutanemic, asymmetricana-/an-up, againstanacardiaceous, anodeAnglo-relating to EnglandAnglo-Normanante-beforeantenatalanti-opposite, againstantivenomapo-away, different fromapomorphineastro-starastrobiologyauto-selfautobiography, automaticbi-twobicyclebio-biologicalbiodegradecircum-aroundc