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词根词缀:-ability

【来源及含义】Latin: suffix; expressing ability, capacity, fitness, or "that which may be easily handled or managed"

【相关描述】Just a few examples out of hundreds of words presented as the noun forms of -able; forming nouns of quality from, or corresponding to, adjectives in -able; the quality in an agent that makes an action possible. The suffix -ible has related meanings.

【同源单词】absolute permeability, absorbability, accountability, achievability, acquirability, adaptability

词根词缀:sidero-, sider- (star)

【来源及含义】Latin: star, stars

【相关描述】Don't confuse this element with another sidero- which means "iron".

【同源单词】consider, considerable, consideration, considered, considering, desiderata