PTE考生必看:英式拼写和美式拼写差异对照表

【墨尔本PTE】继上期讲了英美两国在英语用词上的差异后,今天墨尔本文波PTE的小编再给大家总结下同一个单词英美两种拼写的差异。下面开始:

 

1.Words ending in –re

-re结尾的单词

British English words that end in -re often end in -er in American English:

英式英语中以-re结尾的单词通常在美式英语中以-er结尾。

British US
centre center
fibre fiber
litre liter
theatre theater or theatre

 

2.Words ending in –our

-our结尾的单词

British English words ending in -our usually end in -or in American English:

英式英语中以-our结尾的单词通常在美式英语中以-or结尾。

British US
colour color
flavour flavor
humour humor
labour labor

 

3.Words ending in -ize or –ise

izeise结尾的单词

Verbs in British English that can be spelled with either -ize or -ise at the end are always spelled with -ize at the end in American English:

英式英语中以-ize或-ise结尾的动词都是合乎拼写规则的。但在美式英语中,它们总是以-ize结尾。

British US
apologize or apologise apologize
organize or organise organize
recognize or recognise recognize

 

4.Words ending in –yse

-yse结尾的单词

Verbs in British English that end in -yse are always spelled -yze in American English:

英式英语中以-yse结尾的单词在美式英语中总是以-yze结尾。

British US
analyse analyze
paralyse paralyze

 

5.Words ending in a vowel plus l

以元音+l结尾的单词

In British spelling, verbs ending in a vowel plus l double the l when adding endings that begin with a vowel. In American English, the l is not doubled:

英式英语中,在以元音+l结尾的单词后面加上由元音开始的后缀时,l要重复1次。美式英语则没有这一要求。

British US
travel travel
travelled traveled
traveller traveler

 

6.Words spelled with double vowels

含有2个连在一起的元音字母的单词

British English words that are spelled with the double vowels ae or oe are just spelled with an e in American English:

英式英语中含有ae或oe的单词在美式英语中只写作e。

British US
leukaemia leukemia
manoeuvre maneuver

Note that in American English, certain terms, such as archaeology, keep the ae spelling as standard, although the spelling with just the e (i.e. archeology) is usually acceptable as well.

注意:美式英语中,一些专有名词如archaeology还是会保持标准的写法,虽然只写e(例如archeology)也不是不能接受。

 

7.Nouns ending with –ence

-ence结尾的名词

Some nouns that end with -ence in British English are spelled -ense in American English:

英式英语中某些以-ence结尾的名词在美式英语中以-ense结尾。

British US
defence defense
licence license
offence offense

 

8.Nouns ending with –ogue

-ogue结尾的名词

Some nouns that end with -ogue in British English end with either -og or –ogue in American English:

英式英语中某些以-ogue结尾的名词在美式英语中以-og或ogue结尾。

British US
analogue analog or analogue
catalogue catalog or catalogue
dialogue dialog or dialogue

 

补充词汇

British English American English
all right all right, alright (disputed)
analyse analyze
cheque check
counsellor counselor
criticise, criticize criticize
doughnut donut
fulfil fulfill
grey gray
honour honor
humour humor
jewellery jewellery, jewelry
judgement, judgment judgment
kerb curb
labour labor
metre meter
mould mold
neighbour neighbor
offence offense
practise (verb)
practice (noun)
practice (verb)
practice (noun)
pretence pretense
programme program
pyjamas pajamas
realise, realize realize
savour savor
speciality specialty
travelled
travelling
travelled, traveled
travelling, traveling
tyre tire
valour valor

 

 

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