后缀:-ency [名词后缀]
与形容词后缀-ent相对应(如urgency与urgent),构成抽象名词,表示性质、状态、
行为、义同-ence。有些词具有-ency与-ence两种后缀形式(如persistency=persistence)
urgency 紧急
insistency 坚持
emergency 紧急情况
innocency 无罪,天真
coherency 粘着
persistency 持续,坚持
insolvency 无偿还能力
convergency 会聚,集中
despondency 沮丧,泄气
tendency 趋向,倾向
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