英语里有很多不发音的字母。
在hour这个词中字母h是不发音的。
相似但不相同的音如发音与不发音的一对辅音总是会这样连音。
Similar but not identical sounds such as voiced and voiceless pairs of consonants are also linked in this way.
英语从其他不同语言中借用了不少单词,所以许多英语单词包含了不发音的字母。
English has borrowed words from many different languages, so there are many English words with silent letters. See the list below.
拉丁语几乎是纯粹的语音语言,即单词中没有不发音的字母,每个字母都有固定的发音。
Latin is an almost purely phonetic language. There are no silent letters, and each letter represents a single sound.
在法语中,如果最后一个字母是E,那么这个字母是不发音的,除非它带了重音符号。
In French if the last letter of a word is an e, it is not pronounced unless it has an accent on it.
以下是一些短语,这些短语的某些辅音可以不发出来,跟读录音,并注意单词中不发音的辅音。
F2 Below are short phrases in which some consonant sounds are silent. Listen to the recording and read aloud. Pay special attention to these silent letters.
但是当这些单词扩展为一个长的单词后。 不发音的部分变为发音:hymnal,condemnation,bombard。这是一般规则。
But when these words are extended into longer, the silent letters become audible:hymnal, condemnation and bombard.
可以肯定的是,取消不发音的b会更合理,其它语言也这样做了(参见德语Lamm/荷兰语lam和德语dumm/荷兰语dom对应英语lamb和dumb),但英语不喜欢放弃拼字法上遗留的遗迹。
To be sure, it would have been more reasonable to abolish b where it was not pronounced, and this is what the related languages did (cf. German Lamm/Dutch lam and German dumm/Dutch dom for Engl.
lamb中的b不发音。
lamb中的b不发音。
often中的t可以不发音。
honest中的h与hour中的h一样都不发音。
尽管在一些地方会发成h - yuman be - in。有时字母t根本就不发音,尤其是两个T在一起的时候(这叫作塞音停顿,在美国英语里面很普遍)。
Sometimes' t's aren't pronounced at all, especially in words with two 't's grouped together (this is known as the glottal stop, and is common in American English pronunciation).
被称作“吃词”的不发音辅音被忽略不计,同时还要避免出现的有:罕见字、含有贬义的汉字以及指出尺寸、年龄和方位的形容词等。
Silent consonants, dubbed "eaten words," get dropped. Also to be avoided: rare characters, characters with negative connotations and adjectives indicating size, age and direction.
我们可以从规范双辅音(现在看来或多或少有些不合逻辑)开始,然后去除一些错讹的不发音字母。
Standardising rules on doubled consonants-now more or less bereft of logic-would be a start.
举个简单的例子,我们用肯定式的“can ”的时候,会很简单的滑过这个词,“ can ”几乎不发音。
Let's look at a simple example: the modal verb "can". When we use the positive form of "can" we quickly glide over the can and it is hardly pronounced.
同样保留了该形式的单词有knock和gnaw,其中k音和g音已经好几个世纪不发音了。
The same holds for knock and gnaw, in which k- and g- have been mute for centuries.
希腊语中两种符号之一,表示首元音或双元音的送气发音的符号(')或不发这种送气音的符号(?)。
Either of two marks used In Greek to Indicate aspiration of an Initial vowel or diphthong (') or the absence of such aspiration (?).
这是一首不发音字母e的诗。
在一些口音中,包括伦敦当地口音,“T”的发音不像美国人那样用“D”代替——“T”不发音。
With some accents, including cockney accents, Ts aren't pronounced in words where Americans use D to replace it.
别忘了一些“心机“单词首字母不发音,比如说“gnome”的首字母“g”不发音,“psychology”的首字母,“p”也不发音,还有“knock”的首字母“k”也是同理等等。
Dont forget the possible spellings for trickier words, such as "gnome" begins with a voiceless "g", or "psychology" begins with a voiceless"p", or "knock" begins with a voiceless "k", etc.
红色的字母不发音。
这个单词中的这个字母不发音。
这个单词中的这个字母不发音。
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