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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