拇指英语说，分享英语学习心得，技巧和方法。让英语学习变得更有趣，更简单。

在英语学习中，词汇量的大小是衡量英语水平的重要标志。通常词汇量越大，运用英语的能力就越强，反之亦然。许多英语偏弱的学生将词汇的学习与记忆比作“拦路虎”，以至谈虎色变，毫无信心。因此，有意识地学习词汇策略将可以帮助学生更科学，高效，简单地积累大量词汇，从而达到事半功倍的效果。本词汇积累策略系列，将会从近义词(synonyms)，反义词(antonyms)，前缀(prefixes)，后缀(suffixes)，同音异义词(homophones)等角度来探讨词汇的学习和积累。本系列，适合小学中高年级及初中学生学习。

The Suffix (前缀）: -ize

在英语中，-ize是很重要的一个后缀，它可以把名词或者形容词转化成动词。动词后缀-ize表示make, 解释为“使成......状态”， “使......化”。 英式英语中也使用-ise。

我们来看看下面的这些单词如何从名词或形容词变成动词：

1. computer (电脑) --- computerize (使电脑化）
2. fertile (肥沃的）--- fertilize （使受精，使受胎）
3. hospital （医院）--- hospitalize (送某人入院治疗）
4. idol （偶像） --- idolize (把......当偶像崇拜）
5. industrial （工业的）--- industrialize (使工业化）
6. legal （合法的）--- legalize (使合法化）
7. deodorant (除臭剂） --- deodorize (除去......的臭气）

Practice: (练一练）

A. Complete the sentences below with the words above. Be sure to use the correct form of the words. (用刚才所学的单词来填写以下句子，注意用该单词的正确形式填空）

1. Thousands of teen girls __________ that rock star. They can&39;t resist his allure.

2. Due to the air pollution during the hot and humid summer, many old people were ______with breathing problems.
3. Drinking alcohol used to be illegal in the United States. It was _________ in 1933.
4. __________ countries can produce higher quantities or products than those that continue to produce goods by hand.
5. This new cleaner claims to _________ carpets that smell bad.
6. Our company used to have rows and rows of filing cabinets to store information on paper before our office systems were ___________.
7. For fruit trees to produce fruit, it is crucial that there be bees and other insects to visit the flowers and _________ the fruit.

B. Add the suffix -ize to the words in the box and use them to complete the sentences. Be sure to add -ize to the root word. 将下列单词加上后缀 -ize 后填入以下句子。

modern sanitary final energy colony demon

1. A cup of coffee before a test always _________ me.
2. I can&39;t show you the party plans until I __________ them.
3. You can use alcohol or iodine to ____________ a wound.
4. In just a few years the country&39;s electrical and road systems were __________.
5. Most of North America was _______ by England, France, and Spain.
6. The hated leader was ____________ in the newspapers after the revolution.

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