摘要
英语活前缀anti-是现代英语中构词力最强的词缀之一。随着其构词力的不断增强，这个前缀的构调特点有了新的变化，语义范围也得以进一步的扩展。本文对前缀anti-的构词特点与变化进行探讨，对其语义特点和范围进行研究，以阐明这个前缀的应用规律，便于人们在阅读、翻译和撰写英语文章时，能正确理解和运用这个前缀及其派生词。
English prefix anti- shows immense productivity in modern English,The word formation and semantic information have been developed and changed with the increase of its productivity.In this paper, systematical studies have been made of the characteristics of word formation and semantic information, The rules for its usage are summerized.
