英语词汇pronunciation weak and strong forms的意思、翻译、用法及例句-英语用法大全

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What are you looking at /æt/?

2stressed or not?Most words with two pronunciations are prepositions, pronouns, conjunctions, articles and auxiliary verbs. Such words are not usually stressed, because they are generally found together with other more important words which carry the stress. So the unstressed ('weak') pronunciation is the normal one. This usually has the vowel /ə/ or no vowel; a few weak forms are pronounced with /ɪ/.However, these words can be stressed when they are emphasised, or when there is no other word to carry the stress. In these cases the 'strong' pronunciation is used. This has the vowel that corresponds to the spelling. Compare:–I must /məs/ go now.

I really must /mʌst/ stop smoking.

(stressed for emphasis)–I was /wəz/ late.

It was /wəz/ raining.

Yes, it was /wɒz/.

(stressed at end of sentence: there is no other word to be stressed)–Where have /əv/ you been?

You might have /əv/ told me.

What did you have /hæv/ for breakfast?

(non-auxiliary verb)Contracted negatives always have a strong pronunciation.can't /kɑːnt/

mustn't /ˈmʌsnt/

wasn't /ˈwɒznt/

3list of words with weak and strong formsThe most important words which have weak and strong forms are:

	Weak form	Strong form
a	/ə/	/eɪ/ (unusual)
am	/(ə)m/	/æm/
an	/ən/	/æn/ (unusual)
and	/(ə)n(d)/	/ænd/
are	/ə(r)/	/ɑː(r)/
as	/əz/	/æz/
at	/ət/	/æt/
be	/bɪ/	/biː/
been	/bɪn/	/biːn/
but	/bət/	/bʌt/
can	/k(ə)n/	/kæn/
could	/kəd/	/kʊd/
do	/d(ə)/	/duː/
does	/dəz/	/dʌz/
for	/fə(r)/	/fɔː(r)/
from	/frəm/	/frɒm/
had	/(h)əd/	/hæd/
has	/(h)əz/	/hæz/
have	/(h)əv/	/hæv/
he	/(h)ɪ/	/hiː/
her	/(h)ə(r)/	/hɜː(r)/
him	/(h)ɪm/	/hɪm/
his	/(h)ɪz/	/hɪz/
is	/z, s/	/ɪz/
must	/m(ə)s(t)/	/mʌst/
not	/nt/	/nɒt/
of	/əv/	/ɒv/
our	/ɑː(r)/	/aʊə(r)/
saint	/s(ə)nt/ (BrE only)	/seɪnt/
shall	/ʃ(ə)l/	/ʃæl/
she	/ʃɪ/	/ʃiː/
should	/ʃ(ə)d/	/ʃʊd/
sir	/sə(r)/	/sɜː(r)/
some (158)	/s(ə)m/	/sʌm/
than	/ð(ə)n/	/ðæn/ (rare)
that (conj.)	/ð(ə)t/	/ðæt/
the	/ðə, ðɪ/	/ði:/
them	/ð(ə)m/	/ðem/
there (605)	/ðə(r)/	/ðeə(r)/
to	/tə/	/tuː/
us	/əs/	/ʌs/
was	/w(ə)z/	/wɒz/
we	/wɪ/	/wiː/
were	/wə(r)/	/wɜː(r)/
who	/hʊ/	/huː/
will	/w(ə)l, l/	/wɪl/
would	/wəd, (ə)d/	/wʊd/
you	/jʊ/	/juː/
your	/jə(r)/	/jɔː(r)/

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