(a)動(dòng)詞后面加able,以e結(jié)尾的動(dòng)詞則去e加able,表示具有此性質(zhì),特點(diǎn)或?qū)傩? 例如:

afford－affordable；

love－lovable；


(b)動(dòng)詞變化為其分詞形式，例如：

  • 加ing

當(dāng)這類(lèi)動(dòng)詞加上ing時(shí)，表示的是事物的一個(gè)特征，可以翻譯為“令人……的“

  • 加ed

此時(shí)表示事物受到特定刺激后的一種感受，可以翻譯為”感到……的“”受到……的“

與之類(lèi)似的還有很多詞匯，今天我們就來(lái)一起看一下：

1. amaze: v. 使大為驚奇
amazing：adj. 令人驚詫的，驚人的；令人驚喜的 It's amazing that no one else has applied for the job.竟然沒(méi)有其他人去應(yīng)聘這項(xiàng)工作，真讓人驚詫。
amazed：adj. 十分驚奇的，驚愕的 She was amazed at how calm she felt after the accident. 事故發(fā)生后她是如此鎮(zhèn)定，這讓她自己都覺(jué)得驚奇。


2. annoy： v. 煩擾，打攪，使煩惱
annoying：adj. 討厭的，惱人的 It's really annoying when a train is late and there's no explanation. 火車(chē)誤點(diǎn)而又不作任何解釋?zhuān)@很令人惱火。
annoyed：生氣的，煩惱的 I was so annoyed with him for turning up late. 他姍姍來(lái)遲，我很生氣


3. astonish：v. 使吃驚；使驚訝
astonishing：adj. 令人驚訝的；驚人的 Her first novel enjoyed an astonishing success. 她的第一部小說(shuō)取得了驚人的成功。
astonished：adj. 感到震驚的；覺(jué)得驚駭?shù)?I was astonished to see Miriam there. 我很吃驚地發(fā)現(xiàn)米里亞姆竟然在那兒。


4. confuse：v. 使困惑，使糊涂；使混亂
confusing：adj. 令人困惑的; The instructions are really confusing. Could you help me with them, please? 這些使用說(shuō)明太讓人費(fèi)解了。你能幫我看一下嗎？
confused：adj. 感到困惑的 I'm a bit confused. Was that her husband or her son she was with? 我有些糊涂。跟她在一起的是她丈夫還是她兒子？


5. convince：v. 使某人信服;
convincing：adj. 令人信服的; The end of the book wasn't very convincing. 我覺(jué)得電影的結(jié)局難以令人信服。
convinced：adj. 感到信服的 I'm convinced (that) she is lying. 我確信她在撒謊。


6. delight：v. 使某人高興;
delighting(delightful)：adj. 愉快的；吸引人的；有趣的 Our new neighbours are delightful. 我們的新鄰居很有趣。
delighted：感到高興的 I was delighted at/by your news. 你帶來(lái)的消息讓我很高興。


7. depress：v. 使憂郁，使沮喪
depressing：adj. 令人低落(沮喪)的; This weather is so depressing. 我發(fā)現(xiàn)這樣的天氣讓人感到十分壓抑。
depressed：感到沮喪的 He seemed a bit depressed about his work situation. 他似乎對(duì)自己的工作狀況有些沮喪。


8. disappoint: v. 使某人失望;
disappointing： adj. 令人失望的; The response to our advertisement has been somewhat disappointing. 人們對(duì)我們這個(gè)廣告的反應(yīng)有些令人失望。
disappointed：adj. 感到失望的 We were deeply disappointed at/about the result. 我們對(duì)這個(gè)結(jié)果深感失望。


9. discourage：v. 使某人泄氣;
discouraging：adj. 令人泄氣的;
discouraged：adj. 感到泄氣的 I think he felt discouraged because of all the criticism he'd received. 我覺(jué)得他挨了那么多批評(píng)已經(jīng)心灰意冷了。


10. disgust：v. 使人厭惡;
disgusting：adj. 令人厭惡的; Passengers were kept for three hours in a disgusting waiting room. 乘客被迫在令人厭惡的候車(chē)室里等了好幾個(gè)小時(shí)。
disgusted：adj. 反感的，厭惡的，憎惡的 She was disgusted at the way they treated their children.


11. embarrass：v. 使人尷尬;
embarrassing：adj. 令人尷尬的; It's embarrassing to be caught telling a lie. 說(shuō)謊被人當(dāng)場(chǎng)識(shí)破是件很尷尬的事情。
embarrassed：adj. 感到尷尬的 She felt embarrassed about undressing in front of the doctor. 在醫(yī)生面前脫衣服讓她覺(jué)得很尷尬。


12. encourage：v. 使有勇氣;
encouraging：adj. 令人鼓舞的; There was a lot of positive feedback, which was very encouraging. 正面的反饋信息紛至沓來(lái)，非常振奮人心。
encouraged：adj. 感到鼓舞的 She felt encouraged by their promise of support. 他們承諾支持她，這使她感到備受鼓舞。