Post前綴詞的構成在意思上有兩類,一是表示「在後面」;二是表示「郵件,郵政」。
1. 表示「在後面」
★postwar ['pst'w:] adj.戰後的(post+war戰爭)
During the postwar years in Germany, many honors were given to Einstein.
在戰後的歲月裡,愛因斯坦在德國得到了很多榮譽。
I'm a product of the postwar baby boom.
我出生在戰後的生育高峰期。
Canada enjoyed a real economic boom in the postwar years.
在戰後加拿大真正經歷了一段經濟繁榮時期。
★postpone[pspn] v.推遲(post+pone放→放到後面→推遲)
He decided to postpone the meeting until the following day
他決定把探險推遲到第二天。
I had to postpone ideas of a career and stay at home.
我不得不暫緩就業打算,呆在家裡。
★postgraduate[pstgrdut] n.研究生(post+graduate畢業)
Postgraduate course研究生課程
I have passed my postgraduate qualifying examination.
我通過了我的研究生考試。
★postface['pstefs] n.刊後語(post+face臉;→後面的臉→刊後語)
He wrote the postface.他寫了刊後語。
★posterior[pstri(r)] adj.較後的(post+er(poster=behind) + ior 較…的→(在時間、次序上)較後的)
the posterior leg muscles
腿部後側的肌肉
★posterity n.後代(post+erity表示名詞後綴→後面的人→子孫)
Their music has been preserved for posterity .
他們的音樂已為後世保存起來。
Posterity will remember him as a great man.
後人將會記住他是個偉人。
2.表示「郵件,郵政」
★postage n.郵資(post+age錢;狀態)
All prices include postage and handling .
所有的價格都包括郵資和手續費。
How much was the postage on that letter?
寄那封信要多少錢?
★postoffice n.郵局(post+office辦公室)
There is a postoffice nearby.
在附近有一個郵局。
★postcard n.明信片(post+card卡片)
I got your postcard from the school.
你從學校寄來的明信片我已收到
Send your answers on the back of a postcard.
將答案寫在明信片背面寄出。
★postal[pstl] adj.郵政的(post+al形容詞後綴)
postal charges郵費
the postal service郵政業務
Please write your full postal address.
寫上完整的郵政地址。
A postal network now covers the whole country.
郵路遍及全國。
He went postal when he found out.
他發現後勃然大怒。(這裡的go postal是習語,表示「大怒」)
★postbox n. 郵箱(post 郵政+ box 箱→郵箱)
I stuck the stamp on and ran to the postbox.
我貼上郵票,然後向郵箱跑去。
★postman n. 郵遞員(post 郵政+ man 人→郵遞員)
His father was a postman.他父親曾是郵遞員。
★postmark[pstmɑ:k] n. 郵戳
(post 郵政+ mark 記號→郵戳)
She puzzled over the postmark on the letter.
她想弄明白信封上的郵戳。