-ity

短语

suff. 表示性质；表示状态；表示程度

发音

UK /əti/
UK /ɪti/
CA /əti/
US /əti/
CA /əɾi/
US /əɾi/
CA /ɾi/
US /ɾi/
CA /ɪti/
US /ɪti/
CA /ɪɾi/
US /ɪɾi/
AU /əti/
NZ /əti/
AU /əɾi/
NZ /əɾi/
IN /ɪʈi/

词形变化

-ities 复数

别名

-ty ⠰⠽

释义与例句

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  1. 1.

    Used to form an uncountable noun from an adjective; especially, to form the noun referring to the state, property, or quality of conforming to the adjective's description.

    可数 不可数

    absurd + -ity → absurdity (“the quality of being absurd or inconsistent with obvious truth, reason, or sound judgment”)

    anonym(ous) + -ity → anonymity (“the quality or state of being anonymous”)

    modern + -ity → modernity (“the quality of being modern or contemporary”)

    precar(ious) + -ity → precarity (“a condition of existence without predictability or security, affecting material or psychological welfare”)

  2. 2.

    Used to form a countable noun from an adjective, referring to someone or something that conforms to the adjective's description.

    可数 不可数

    absurd + -ity → [an] absurdity (“that which is absurd; an absurd action; a logical contradiction”)

    anonym(ous) + -ity → [an] anonymity (“that which is anonymous”)

    insipid + -ity → [an] insipidity (“something that is insipid; an insipid utterance, sight, object, etc.”)

    odd + -ity → [an] oddity (“an odd or strange thing or opinion; a strange person; an oddball”)

  3. 3.

    Used to form other nouns, especially abstract nouns.

    可数 不可数
  4. 1.

    Alternative form of -ety.

    hip + -ity → hippity, hippity-hop

词源

From Middle English -ite, -itee, from Old French -ite, -ete, -eteit (“-ity”), from Latin -itātem, from -itās, from Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts (suffix). Cognate with Gothic -𐌹𐌸𐌰 (-iþa, “-th”), Old High German -ida (“-th”), Old English -þo, -þu, -þ (“-th”). More at -th. By surface analysis, -i- (“connecting vowel”) + -ty.

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