不是所有的单词都适用下列规则,只对大多数单词适用
双音节单词
名词&形容词
重读音节为第一个音节
- picture
- minute
- money
- doctor
- water
- happy
- yellow
- useful
- formal
- tiring
- record
- lucky
- jacket
动词
重读音节在第二个音节
- decide
- forget
- explain
- arrive
- repeat
- record
例外情况
- hotel
- happen
- exam
- finish
三音节单词
重音可能出现在任何地方
- anyone
- beautiful
- possible
- computer
- tomorrow
- expensive
- afternoon
- employee
- Japanese
以-tion, -sion, -cian, -ic结束
重音在倒数第二个位置,也就是-tion, -sion, -cian, -ic前面一个音节
- information
- discussion
- politician
- situation
- revision
- electrician
- economic
- dramatic
- Atlantic
- scientific
以-y结尾
重音在倒数第三个位置
- biology
- luckily
- activity
- possibility
- chemistry
- pregnancy
- robbery
由短词组成的长词
有时重音位置与短词一致
- comfort
- comfortable
- discomfort
- uncomfortable
- comfortably
- comforting
有时重音的位置会发生改变,多发生在与前面的规则冲突时,因为这些规则之间也有优先级的区分
- photograph
- photography -y结尾
- photographic -ic结尾
- economy -y结尾
- economic -ic结尾