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英語單字重音:讓你被理解的節拍

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則。

HolosAccent· ·1 min read ·Updated 2026-10-23
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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——母語者首先會依據單字的形狀來辨識:哪個音節又大、又長、又高。

說 deSERT 而不是 DEsert,就等於改變了單字。說 comFORtable 時,聽者需要花一秒鐘才能解讀。

重音到底是什麼

重讀音節具備以下特徵:

  • 更大聲,
  • 更長,
  • 音高更高,
  • 且擁有完整、清晰的母音——而其周圍的音節常會弱化成舒瓦音 /ə/。

大多數單字適用的規則

英語的重音並非隨意。這些規則並非十全十美,但比隨機猜測更常正確:

規則 例子
Two-syllable nouns and adjectives stress the first syllable TAble, HAPpy, WINdow
Two-syllable verbs stress the second beGIN, reLAX, deCIDE
Same word, noun vs verb a REcord / to reCORD, a PREsent / to preSENT
Words ending in -tion, -sion, -ic stress the syllable before inforMAtion, deCIsion, enerGEtic
Words ending in -ity, -graphy, -logy stress the third from the end possiBIlity, phoTOgraphy, biOlogy

觀察重音的變化

相同的詞根會隨著詞尾的變化而改變重音:

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

如何練習重音

  1. 在說出單字時,用拍手或敲桌子的方式標記重讀音節。
  2. 誇張地拉長:讓它的長度是自然感受的兩倍。
  3. 然後讓其他音節變得輕快且快速。

每日見證你的口音進步

在 HolosAccent 中,你會先聽母語者的參考發音,接著錄下自己的版本,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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