New English-Chinese Dictionary

Author: He Yongkang, Lei Lijiang, Jiang Zhaoren (Editor)
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Publish Date: 2002-01-01
Features: The Revised Edition of the New English-Chinese Mini Dictionary has been carefully revised based on the needs of readers, making it more focused on enriching definitions and entries. It includes new words, new meanings, and new usages reflecting developments in various fields. As a result, it has become a reference book for middle school students and English readers with middle school-level proficiency. The revised New English-Chinese Mini Dictionary contains over 35,000 entries (including derived and compound words within entries), adding more than 5,000 new words, basic vocabulary, and idioms compared to the previous edition. After a comprehensive revision, update, and expansion of the first edition—including entries, definitions, phonetic annotations, and formatting—the dictionary's characteristic of "emphasizing definitions with more entries than similar dictionaries" has been better demonstrated. To make the dictionary even more perfect and adapt to social development, linguistic evolution, and reader needs, the editors have made substantial additions, deletions, and modifications. Over 4,000 basic vocabulary and idioms that were considered missing in the first edition have been added; entries and definitions based on Chinese pinyin, as well as obscure or specialized terms from the past, have been removed; and entries with uncertain, overly verbose, or incorrect meanings, usages, or pronunciations have been revised. Additionally, a Phonetic Symbols and Example Words Table has been added before the main text for readers to consult at any time, and the appendices from the first edition have been retained at the end of the main text. Therefore, the Revised Edition of the New English-Chinese Mini Dictionary is more convenient and practical than before, making it a reference book for readers learning English. The revised New English-Chinese Mini Dictionary has finally been presented to the readers. The revised edition adds more than 5,000 new words, basic vocabulary, and idioms, and makes comprehensive revisions, updates, and expansions to the first edition—including entries, definitions, phonetic annotations, and formatting. Now, the completely refreshed dictionary in both content and form is dedicated to the readers.