后綴-en的含義、詞源和例詞

漢：動詞以及形容詞后綴-en意為"make,having the quality of"。后綴-en來源于古英語-nian。它一般加綴在英語形容詞或名詞后面。當它與形容詞綴合時，意為to cause to be～（使...）或to become ～（變得...）；當它與名詞綴合時，意為to cause to have ～（使有...）或to become to have ～（變得有）。在wooden 中,-en 是個形容詞后綴，它的詞源是古英語的-en,它一般加在物質(zhì)名詞后面表示made of ～(由...制成）或having the look of ～（像...樣子）。

英文詞源：

-en (1)
word-forming element making verbs (e.g. darken, weaken) from adjectives or from nouns, from Old English -nian, from Proto-Germanic *-inojan (cf. Old Norse -na), from PIE adjectival suffix *-no-. Most active in Middle English.

-en (2)
suffix added to nouns to produce adjectives meaning "made of, of the nature of" (e.g. golden, oaken), corresponding to Latin -ine. Common in Old and Middle English, surviving words with it now are largely discarded in everyday use and the simple form of the noun serves as an adjective as well.

1.broaden
v.make or become broad 拓寬；變寬
例句：Prosecutors plan to broaden the scope of their investigation to include black money Mr.Lee may have stashed away during his presidency.檢察官計劃將他們的調(diào)查范圍擴大到包括李先生擔任總統(tǒng)期間可能藏匿的

黑錢。
2.hasten
v.move or act with speed;cause to hurry;cause to be done or to happen quickly or earlier 趕緊；催促，促進
例句：Aid from the United States is expected to hasten Russia's nuclear disarmament.人們希望美國的援助能夠促使俄羅斯解除武器。

3.heighten
v.make or become high提高
例句：By heightening the tunnel 50 centimeters,trucks will be able to pass through.半島的緊張局勢因此事面升溫。

4.lengthen
v.make or become longer 使延長；延長
例句：during renovation,the indoor pool will be lengthened to a full 100 meters.在修善期間，室內(nèi)游泳池將加長到100米。

5.molten
adj. in a melted and therefore very hot state;made of metal that has been melted and cast 熔化的，熔解的；鑄造的
例句：Molten rock spewed by the volcano fell down on the village,setting off several hundred fires.火山噴出的熔巖落到村莊，引起無數(shù)百場火災。