English Usage Dictionary

Author: Hou Ninghai
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Publish Date: 2003-09-01
Features: This book introduces nine parts of English idiomatic expressions, including "English Synonym Discrimination," "Difficult Pairs of Words," "English Idioms," and "Synonymous English Phrases." It provides a large number of English idioms along with their origins and anecdotes. In addition to introducing these authentic English expressions, there is an extremely important purpose: gradually cultivating readers' imagination and ability to guess meanings through understanding idioms and their extended meanings. This is highly beneficial for the development of one's thinking and intelligence.
Furthermore, from the perspective of Chinese learners of English, we cater to readers' habits of thinking in Chinese by starting with situational descriptions and categorizing them by functional notions. We have systematically compiled common English synonymous and near-synonymous verb phrases, phrasal verbs, and other phrases into "Common Synonymous English Phrases" (with 379 meanings and 816 synonymous English phrases). This aims to provide a rich variety of English expressions to meet readers' needs in communication regarding this knowledge.