Suffix

后缀

A term used in morphology referring to an affix which is added following a root or stem. The process of suffixation or suffixing is common in English, both for the derivational formation of new lexical items (e.g. -ize, -tion) and for expressing grammatical relationships (inflectional endings such as -s, -ed, -ing).

形态学术语，指加在词根或词干后的词缀。添加词缀在英语中很常见，既用于新词项的派生（例如-ize“—化”，-tion（构成名词）），也用来表达语法关系（如-s，-ed，-ing这类屈折词尾）。