英文學習 否定字首(前綴) Negative Prefixes: IN-, IM-, IL-, IR
Lesson 3 il-
第三種否定字首或前綴是 il -,重音在 il-,通常用在以 l 開頭的單字。常見的單字如下表:
Affirmative |
Negative |
Examples |
Legal 合法的 |
Illegal 違法的 |
Is abortion legal in your country?
Prostitution is illegal in some countries. |
Legible 清晰易讀的 |
Illegible 難以辨認的 |
Her handwriting is barely legible.
His writing is almost illegible. |
Literate 識字的 |
Illiterate 不識字的(文盲) |
The man was barely literate and took a long time to write his name.
A surprising percentage of the population is illiterate. |
Logical 合乎邏輯的 |
Illogical 不合乎邏輯的 |
Students need the ability to construct a logical argument.
It is an illogical statement, because if one part is true, then the other must be false. |
Legitimate 合法的,正當的 |
Illegitimate 非法的;不公的 |
The army must give power back to the legitimate government.
The rebels regard the official parliament as illegitimate. |
Licit 合法的
|
Illicit 非法的;違禁的 |
Illicit and licit drugs are both dangerous to human health if abused or used incorrectly. Illicit drugs such as cocaine and cannabis
|
Liberal 自由的,開明的 |
Illiberal 不自由的,不開明的 |
a liberal society/attitude
illiberal policies |
但不是所有l開頭單字的否定字首是 il-, 例如:unlicensed,否定字首是un-。
Okay,第三課說明到這裡了,各位下次見啦!
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