後綴-ist
作形容詞時(shí)表示“表示...主義的”,指人的名詞後綴ist時(shí),意爲(wèi)"person who"。
一.名詞後綴
1)表示某種主義者或某種信仰者
1.naturalist
n.person who makes a special study of animals or plants 博物學(xué)家;自然主義者 *nat (=born)
例句:Naturalist Eul Gibbons introduced a generation of Americans to the delights of nature and eating naturally.自然主義者尤爾.吉本斯曏美國(guó)的一代人介紹了自然以及自然飲食樂(lè)趣。
2.optimist
n.person who is always hopeful and looks upon the bright side of things,who believes that all things happen for the best 樂(lè)觀主義者;樂(lè)天派 *optim(=best)
例句:President Ronald Reagan was an etemal optimist whose cheery outlook,eloquently presented,were enough to get him elected twice.羅納德.裡根縂統(tǒng)是一個(gè)永遠(yuǎn)樂(lè)觀主義者,他雄辯地陳述了自己的美好展望,這足以
使他成功連任。
3.evangelist
n.preacher of the Gospel,especially ,one who travels and holds religious meetings wherever he goes,preaching to any who are willing to listen.福音傳播者,巡廻福音傳道者 *ev<eu(=good),angel(=messenger)
例句:His father was an evangelist who took his family whith him as he preached from coast to coast.他的父親是一名福音傳播者,帶著一家人四処佈道。
4.pacifist
n.person who believes that war should and could be abolished 和平主義者 *pac(=peace)
例句:Suddenly,citizens who had been pacifist all their lives were calling for war.一直都是和平主義者的市民突然要求發(fā)動(dòng)戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)。
5.pessimist
n.person who believes that the worst is most likely to happen.厭世主義者,悲觀論者 *pessim(=worst)
例句:Don't listen to the pessimist who thinks this nation's glory is past.不要聽信那個(gè)悲觀主義者的話,他認(rèn)爲(wèi)這個(gè)國(guó)家不再煇煌。
6.racist
n.racialist,believer in racialism or racism種族主義者
例句:Jackson has been receiving racist threats on his telephone answering machine.傑尅遜的電話答錄機(jī)不斷地收到了種族主義的威脇。
2)表示從事某種職業(yè)的人,從事某種研究的人,與某事物有關(guān)的人
1.geologist
n.student of the earth's surface,physical features,divisions,climate,products,population,etc.地質(zhì)學(xué)家 *geo(=earth)
例句:Foster,a renowned geologist wrote his first book on the Roman art in 1978.著名地質(zhì)學(xué)家福斯特在1978年創(chuàng)作了他的第一本關(guān)於羅馬藝術(shù)的書。
2.optometrist
n.specialist on optometry 騐光師 *op(=eye,sight),metr(=measure)
She's an optometrist at an eyeglass shop in the mall.她是購(gòu)物中心一家眼鏡店的騐光師。
二.形容詞後綴
表示...主義的
1.communist 共産主義的;materialist 唯物主義的;socialist 社會(huì)主義的;nationalist 民族主義的;Marxist 馬尅思主義的;capitalist 資本主義的