What in the world is an affix?

世界上什么是词缀？

Today we're going to talk about things called affixes.

今天我们要讲的东西叫做词缀。

We can use our knowledge of prefixes, suffixes, and roots.

我们可以运用词缀和词根的了解。

This is a suffix that attaches to the end of nouns to make adjectives.

这是一个附加到名词末尾以构成形容词的词缀。

So that's another example, just like you gave with the prefix, right?

所以这是另一个例子，就像你刚才提到的词缀那样，吧？

Yeah, word formation is basically building or forming new words with the help of affixes.

是的，构词法基本上就是借助词缀来构建或形成新词。

Efficient readers break words into their affixes or bases.

高效的读者把单词分成词缀或词根。

It is the part that is left when all the affixes are removed.

它是当所有词缀被去掉后剩下的部分。

Derivational affixes typically appear before inflectional affixes in a word structure.

：在单词结构中，派生词缀通常出现在屈折词缀之前。

To this understanding, let us add the idea of an affix.

为了这种理解， 让我们添加词缀的概念。

This is another very popular prefix on the TOEFL test.

这是托福考试中另一个非常常见的词缀。

That means " similar to a fool." And you have probably seen the suffix -like before.

那意味着“类似傻瓜”。你可能之前见过词缀-like。

And we have two types of affixes.

我们有两种类型的词缀。

Studying roots and affixes gives me the power to look at those words and crack them apart.

研究词根和词缀使我有能力查看这些词并将它们分开。

These tokens can be words like love or are, affixes like dis or eyes, and punctuation like?

这些标记可以是像“爱”或“是”这样的单词，像“dis”或“eyes”这样的词缀，以及像“？”这样的标点符号。

And suffixes fit on the end of words.

词缀附加在单词的末尾。

Affixes involved in derivation like -ion are derivational affixes or derivational morphemes.

派生中涉及的词缀，如-ion，是派生词缀或派生语素。

And when a morpheme is used like this, it's called an affix.

当一个语素这样使用时，它被称为词缀。

Prefixes fit on the start of words.

词缀加在单词的开头。

As you can see, one prefix gives us seven advanced words that are often seen in academic contexts.

如你所见，一个词缀便为我们提供了七个常用于术背景的高级词汇。