二、 动词后缀 常见的此类后缀及其具体含义如下:
1.-ify 意为:转为,变为 (to turn into,to make or become)
例词:beautify, diversify, simplify
2.-ize;-en 意为:使……,变得……(to make or become ;to make into)
例词: modernize, popularize, legalize, hospitalize, symbolize, ripen,widen,heighten,threaten
3.-ate 意为:增加,使……(give or add,make or become
)例词:originate, hydrogenate,validate, differentiate