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后缀:-tion [名词后缀]

构成抽象名词,表示行为、行为的过程或结果、状态、情况,与-ion同

intervention 干涉,干预

attention 注意

convention 集会,会议

introduction 介绍,引进

production 生产

description 描写,描述

contention 竞争,斗争

reduction 减少,缩减

词根词缀:-tion

【来源及含义】Latin: a suffix forming nouns from verbs of condition and action; an act or process: resumption, absorption; state or condition, redemption, exhaustion; something resulting from or otherwise related to an act or process, assumption, friction

【相关描述】This unit is presenting a small fraction of the hundreds of words ending with the suffix of -tion; however, there is a significant number of words which may help everyone have a better understanding and appreciation of the use of this element.

【同源单词】abduction, abjection, ablution, ablution, abolition, abruption