Practical English Dictionary for University Students

Author: Lu Siyuan, Editor-in-Chief
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Publishing Date: 2006-08-01
Features: Based on the vocabulary list issued by China's Ministry of Education for university teaching syllabi, as well as several popular English textbooks in Hong Kong in recent years and the vocabulary list promulgated by the Education Bureau, the author has selected over 4,000 core entries for this dictionary. Highly practical, it covers high-frequency vocabulary for university exams; extensive vocabulary with rich examples—over 20,000 up-to-date examples to aid comprehension and memory. The compiler is authoritative: as a well-known English education expert in China, they have edited or reviewed over ten English dictionaries. The purpose of compiling this dictionary is to provide a targeted and practical reference book for university students in mainland China and the Hong Kong and Macao regions, enabling them not only to use the dictionary to find the vocabulary, definitions, examples, common phrases, collocations, synonyms, antonyms, derivatives, and idioms of core words but also to systematically review, consolidate, expand, and deepen their understanding of word usage and grammar learned in school. The examples for each word are consciously chosen from sentence patterns frequently used in English classes in mainland China and the Hong Kong and Macao regions in recent years, to help improve students' abilities in tests, exams, and even proficiency assessments. Based on the vocabulary list issued by China's Ministry of Education for university teaching syllabi and several popular English textbooks in Hong Kong in recent years, as well as the vocabulary list promulgated by the Education Bureau, the author has selected over 4,000 core entries for this dictionary. Including derivatives, synonyms, antonyms, and phrases, the actual number of words collected exceeds 10,000. The content of this dictionary holds the same value for university students in mainland China as well as students in the Hong Kong and Macao regions.