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# 2.1.6. `ɪ`/`i`/`iː`
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`ɪ` 并不是长元音 `iː` 的更短版本，它更像是 `e` 和 `i` 之间的一个音。听起来很像是更短版本的 `eɪ`，从唇形上来看`ɪ` 更接近 `e` 。
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The `ɪ` sound doesn't merely represent a shorter version of the long vowel `iː`. Instead, it seems to inhabit a space somewhere between `e` and `i`. It sounds more like a shorter rendition of `eɪ`, and visually speaking, the lip shape for `ɪ` is more akin to `e`.
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另外，这个音实际上还有第 3 个版本，`ɪ` 在词汇末尾的时候，更倾向于像是 `iː` 这个长元音的更短版本，`i`，长度介于 `ɪ` 和 `iː` 之间 —— 也就是说，`i` 是个半长元音。比如，*responsibility* `/rɪˌspɑːn·səˈbɪl·ə·t̬i/`<span class="speak-word-inline" data-audio-us-male="/audios/us/responsibility-us-male.mp3" data-audio-us-female="/audios/us/responsibility-us-female.mp3"></span>.
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In addition, this sound actually has a third variation. When `ɪ` appears at the end of words, it tends to sound more like a shortened version of the long vowel `iː` — `i`, with a length somewhere in between `ɪ` and `iː`, which means `i` is a *semi-long vowel*. For instance, in the word *responsibility `/rɪˌspɑːn·səˈbɪl·ə·t̬i/`<span class="speak-word-inline" data-audio-us-male="/audios/us/responsibility-us-male.mp3" data-audio-us-female="/audios/us/responsibility-us-female.mp3"></span>.
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