词根:-rat-
【词根含义】:计算,思考
【词根来源】:来源于拉丁语动词reor, reri, ratus, sum(计算,思考)。
【同源单词】:irrational, overrate, rate, ratify, rating
前缀:il-, in-, ir-, im-
【词根含义】:不,无,非;入,向内
【词根来源】:(il-用于l前;im-用于b, m, p前;ir-用于r前;in-用于其它情况) 来源于拉丁语in。
【同源单词】:illegal, illegality, illegitimate, illiterate, illogical
词根词缀:-able
【来源及含义】Latin: a suffix; expressing capacity, fitness to do that which can be handled or managed, suitable skills to accomplish something; capable of being done, something which can be finished, etc.
【相关描述】A suffix that forms adjectives. The suffix -ible has related meanings; expressing ability, capacity, fitness; capable of, fit for, able to be done, can be done, inclined to, tending to, given to.
This list is only a small sample of the thousands of -able words that exist in English.
【同源单词】abdicable, -able, abolishable, abominable, abradable, acceptable
词根词缀:in-1
【来源及含义】Latin: no, not [ig-, il-, im-, ir-]
【相关描述】This in-, "not", becomes i- before gn, as with "ignore"; il- before l, as with illiterate; im- before b, m; and p, as with imbalance, immiscible, impecunious; and ir- before r, as with irrefragable.
Don't confuse this Latin prefix, in-1, meaning "not", with another Latin prefix in-2 meaning "in, into, within, inside, on, toward" or with the prefix for English-origin words in-3 meaning "in, into; within".
【同源单词】ignorance, illiterate, imbalance, immaculate, immature, immovable
词根词缀:ratio-, reason-
【来源及含义】Latin: reckoning, to reckon; calculating, calculation; understanding; thinking
【同源单词】arraign, arraigner, arraignment, derationalize, irrational, irrationalism