English-Chinese Dictionary

Author: Li Huaju
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Publishing Date: 1992-02-01
Features: The "Oxford English-Chinese Dictionary" is primarily compiled based on several renowned English dictionaries, while also referencing a variety of English and English-Chinese dictionaries published domestically and internationally, drawing on the strengths of others. The dictionary includes 180,000 words and phrases, with 120,000 entries, 20,000 subentries, and 40,000 idioms, totaling 6 million words. In addition toing contemporary English basic words, general words, borrowed words, abbreviations, affixes, and word-forming elements, the dictionary also features encyclopedic entries such as social science and natural science terms, proper names of people, places, organizations, historical events, religious and mythological proper nouns, and names of plants and animals. The "Oxford English-Chinese Dictionary" adopts a compilation approach 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. The dictionary places particular emphasis oning new words, new meanings, new idioms, new slang, and new usage.