British-Chinese Dictionary

Author: Li Huaju
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Publish Date: 1999-12-01
Features: The Great English-Chinese Dictionary is a comprehensive bilingual reference book that combines the functions of a language dictionary and an encyclopedic dictionary. It is characterized by a large number of entries, multiple meanings, abundant idioms, and strong practicality. The Great English-Chinese Dictionary adopts a compilation policy that primarily focuses on American English while also considering British English in terms of word selection, spelling, pronunciation, definitions, examples, idioms, dialects, slang, compound words, and usage. This dictionary places special emphasis on including new words, new meanings, new idioms, new slang, and new usage. In addition to contemporary English vocabulary such as basic words, general words, foreign words, abbreviations, affixes, and word components, it also includes encyclopedic entries such as social science and natural science terms, names of people, places, organizations, historical events, religious and mythological names, and names of plants and animals. The Great English-Chinese Dictionary adopts a compilation policy that primarily focuses on American English while also considering British English in terms of word selection, spelling, pronunciation, definitions, examples, idioms, dialects, slang, compound words, and usage. This dictionary places special emphasis on including new words, new meanings, new idioms, new slang, and new usage. The Great English-Chinese Dictionary contains a total of 180,000 words and phrases, including 120,000 headwords, 20,000 entries, 40,000 idioms, with a total word count of 6 million.