词根词缀:contra-, contro-, counter, contre-
【来源及含义】Latin: against, opposed to, opposite, conflicting, different, clashing, unaccommodating
【同源单词】accounter, acrocontracture, contentious, contraband, contrabandist, contrabass
词根词缀:stingu-, -stingu, stinct-, -stinct
【来源及含义】Latin: from -stingere and -stinguere, to separate; to quench, quenching; to wipe out, to obliterate; to goad, to stick; sticking, puncturing, probing
【同源单词】contradistinction, contradistinctive, contradistinctively, contradistinguish, differentiate, distinct
词根词缀:-tion
【来源及含义】Latin: a suffix forming nouns from verbs of condition and action; an act or process: resumption, absorption; state or condition, redemption, exhaustion; something resulting from or otherwise related to an act or process, assumption, friction
【相关描述】This unit is presenting a small fraction of the hundreds of words ending with the suffix of -tion; however, there is a significant number of words which may help everyone have a better understanding and appreciation of the use of this element.
【同源单词】abduction, abjection, ablution, ablution, abolition, abruption