后缀:-ence [名词后缀]
与形容词后缀-ent相对应(如difference与different),构成抽象名词,表示性质、状态、行为、义同-ency,有此词具有-ence和-ency两种后缀形式(如innocence=innocency)
existence 存在,生存
insistence 坚持
dependence 依赖
emergence 浮现,出现
confidence 信任
persistence 坚持,持续
difference 不同,区别
despondence 沮丧,泄气
innocence 无罪,优秀
excellence 杰出,优秀
occurrence 发生,出现
convergence 会聚,集中
coherence 粘着
词根词缀:-ence, -ency
【来源及含义】Latin: a suffix that forms nouns; action, process, state, quality, or condition of
【同源单词】abhorrence, absence, abstinence, adherence, adolescence, affluence