“-门”是一个新兴词缀,它来自英语后缀“-gate”,本义是“政治丑闻”。在引入汉语的过程中逐渐发生变化,其使用范围大为扩展,意义也大大泛化,一般表示“对当事人不利的事件”。现在,名词性或动词性的双音节词或短语加后缀“-门”新造的名词性词族成员越来越多,并出现了进一步发展为普通名词的新趋势。 “- Door” is a new affix, which comes from the English suffix “-gate”, the original meaning of “political scandal.” In the process of introducing Chinese, gradual changes have taken place, and its scope of use has greatly expanded, meaning has also been greatly generalized, generally indicating “unfavorable events to the parties.” At present, there are more and more new nouns belonging to the double-syllable word or phrase plus suffix “- Men”, and there is a new trend of further developing into common nouns.