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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:ballo-, ball-, balo-, bolo-, bol-, -bola, -bole, -bolic, -bolism, -bolite, -boly

【来源及含义】Greek: throw, send, put; that which is thrown

【同源单词】amphibole, anabolism, astrobolism, asymbolia, ballista, ballistic

词根词缀:para-, par-

【来源及含义】Greek: by the side of, beside, past, beyond; contrary, wrong, irregular, abnormal

【同源单词】abdominal paracentesis, acroparalysis, acroparesthesia, Ad utrumque paratus, adelphoparasite, alloparasite