Blue Ridge Bookstore Webster's English-Chinese University Dictionary

Author: Flexner
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Publish Date: 1997-10-20
Features: Since English is a universal language, English dictionaries naturally far surpass other language dictionaries in terms of variety and quantity. In the past decade or so, with the development of China's reform and opening-up, the number of people learning English has been growing at an unprecedented rate. Without a doubt, we urgently need an English dictionary that can serve students, teachers, scientists, business professionals, and administrative personnel. The "Random House Webster's College Dictionary," once ranked as one of the best-selling books in the United States, is a dictionary that meets our needs. This dictionary is one of the popular "desk dictionaries" for college-educated readers in the United States. It contains over 185,000 entries, in addition to words, it offers a rich encyclopedic content, including important historical figures from various countries, rivers and mountains, major cities and their populations, durable goods, common abbreviations, Latin names of animals, plants, and minerals, universities, political groups, and academic institutions. Additionally, to clarify word meanings, the book includes 1,500 maps, illustrations, and charts. Besides the synonyms, antonyms, dialects, rhetoric, and encyclopedic entries commonly found in dictionaries, it pays special attention to the differences in meaning and pronunciation of the same word when used in the United States and the United Kingdom. It also has a distinct feature: it places great emphasis on etymology. English is heavily influenced by other Indo-European languages, so providing concise etymological knowledge helps in understanding the meaning of words more accurately.