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词根词缀:-able

【来源及含义】Latin: a suffix; expressing capacity, fitness to do that which can be handled or managed, suitable skills to accomplish something; capable of being done, something which can be finished, etc.

【相关描述】A suffix that forms adjectives. The suffix -ible has related meanings; expressing ability, capacity, fitness; capable of, fit for, able to be done, can be done, inclined to, tending to, given to.

This list is only a small sample of the thousands of -able words that exist in English.

【同源单词】abdicable, -able, abolishable, abominable, abradable, acceptable

词根词缀:sci-, -science, -scientific, -scientifically, -scient, -sciently

【来源及含义】Latin: to know, to learn; knowledge

【相关词根词缀】 Related articles about science: "Science Race"; STEM, Part 1; STEM, Part 2; Scientific Specialties. Inter-related cross references, directly or indirectly, involving word units meaning "know, knowledge; learn, learning": cogni-; discip-; gno-; histor-; intellect-; learn, know; math-; sap-; sopho-.

【同源单词】agricultural science, artes, Artes, attoscience, biobehavioral sciences, bioscience