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英語單字重音:讓人聽得懂的節拍

PHOtograph、phoTOgraphy、photoGRAPHic — 正確的重音比單一音更重要。以下是涵蓋大多數單字的規律。

HolosAccent· ·1 min read ·Updated 2026-10-23
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You can pronounce every sound in a word perfectly and still not be understood — if the stress is on the wrong syllable. Native listeners recognise words by their shape first: which syllable is loud, long and high.

即使你把單字裡的每個音都發得很完美,若重音落在錯誤的音節,仍然可能聽不懂——母語者首先會依靠單字的形狀來辨識:哪個音節又大、又長、又高。

Say deSERT instead of DEsert and you have changed the word. Say comFORtable and people will need a second to decode it.

說 deSERT 而不是 DEsert 就已經改變了單字。說 comFORtable 時,聽者需要多一秒鐘才能解讀。

重音到底是什麼

A stressed syllable is:

  • 更大聲,
  • 更長,
  • 音高更高,
  • 且擁有完整、清晰的母音——而其餘音節常會弱化成 /ə/ 的央元音。

大多數單字的規律

English stress is not random. These rules are not perfect, but they are right far more often than guessing:

規律 例子
雙音節名詞和形容詞重在第一音節 TAble (桌子), HAPpy (快樂), WINdow (窗戶)
雙音節動詞重在第二音節 beGIN (開始), reLAX (放鬆), deCIDE (決定)
相同字形,名詞 vs 動詞 a REcord / to reCORD, a PREsent / to preSENT
以**-tion、-sion、-ic**結尾的單字,重音在前一音節 inforMAtion, deCIsion, enerGEtic
以**-ity、-graphy、-logy**結尾的單字,重音在倒數第三音節 possiBIlity, phoTOgraphy, biOlogy

觀察重音的變化

The same root changes its stress as the ending changes:

  • PHOtograph → phoTOgrapher → photoGRAphic
  • eCOnomy → ecoNOmic
  • Educate → eduCAtion

如何練習重音

  1. 在說出單字時,於重音音節拍手或敲桌子。
  2. 誇張地拉長:把重音音節的長度延長至自然感受的兩倍。
  3. 然後讓其他音節變得輕且快。

每日見證你的口音進步

在 HolosAccent 內,你會先聽母語者的參考發音,然後錄下自己的版本,並將兩者並排回放。聽到 your PHOtograph 與母語者的對比,是最快發現節拍落錯位置的方法。

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