Today's tip is on how syllable stress can affect the meaning of words.
今天的小贴士是关于音节重音如何影响单词的意思。
There are at least 14 pairs of words in which syllable stress alone makes this difference.
至少在十四组单词里面，重读音节就会区分单词。
Syllable stress in English appears to be arbitrary. Yet there are rules that can help you.
英语中的音节重音乍看好像没有什么规律，不过，还是有几条规则会对你有帮助。
You stress the first syllable in 'happiness'.
happiness一词重读第一个音节。
In 'strategic' the stress falls on the second syllable.
strategic一词的重音在第二音节。
Which syllable does the stress fall on?
重音在哪个音节？
Some languages have "fixed stress", meaning that the stress on virtually any multisyllable word falls on a particular syllable.
有些语言有“固定重读”，意思是任何多音节词的重读都落在一个特定的音节上。
The stress falls on the second syllable.
重音在第二个音节上。
In other languages, such as French or Italian, each syllable receives equal importance (there is stress, but each syllable has its own length).
其他语言中，比如法语或者意大利语，每个音节都是同等重要的，他们也有重音，但是每个音节的长度是固定的。
The strongest have just one or two syllables, with stress on the second syllable to propel the rhythm forward.
最有力的动词只有一个或两个音节，重音在第二个音节，增强节奏感。
Stress refers to the degree of force or loudness you give to a syllable in a word or to a word or words in a phrase or a sentence.
一个单词中的一个音节、词组里的一个或几个单词，或一个句子，读起来显得更有力或更响亮一些，称为重音。
Which syllable does the stress of this word fall on?
这个单词的重音是在哪个音节上?。
A certain group of verbs stress the second syllable while their corresponding noun forms are stressed on the first syllable.
有些单词的动词形式的重音在第二个音节，而名词形式的重音则在第一个音节。
This word has two syllables. The stress falls on the first syllable.
这个单词有两个音节，重音落在第一个音节。
Is the stress on the first syllable or the second syllable?
重音落在第一个音节还是第二个音节上？
When two-syllable prefixes form a word of four or more syllables, there is usually secondary stress on the first syllable, not stress on the second, and primary stress on the third.
如果双音节的前缀成为一个有四个或更多音节的单词的一部分，次重音通常放在第一个音节，而不是在第二个音节，强重音则是在第三个音节。
Make sure you stress the right syllable. It can be the difference between different parts of speech.
确信重读在合适的音节，在句子中的不同位置重音也会不同。
Speakers of MLE speak with a syllable-timed rhythm, in which all syllables are accorded roughly the same time and stress, as in French or Japanese.
MLE的使用者则按照音节停顿，所有音节的语调基本一致，跟法语和日语大致相同。
The stress is (falls) on the first syllable.
重音在第一个音节上。
Italian words usually have the main stress on the penultimate syllable in the word.
意大利语单词的主重音通常在倒数第二个音节上。
General three-syllable words have secondary stress it?
一般三个音节的单词有次重音吗？
You should put the stress here, on the first syllable.
你应该把重音放在这儿，在第一个音节上。
The stress is in the first syllable.
重音在第一个音节上。
The stress in Italian generally falls on the next to last or third from last syllable.
意大利语的重音一般落在倒数第二个或第三个音节上。
Thee stress is on the first syllable.
重音在第一个音节上。
Stress the word on the second syllable.
重音在第二个音节上。
We should not put the stress on the wrong syllable.
多音节词，重音一般放在从尾数上第三个音节上。如。
We should not put the stress on the wrong syllable.
多音节词，重音一般放在从尾数上第三个音节上。如。
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