Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press. Practical English-Chinese Dictionary

Author: Yu Shixiong, Editor-in-Chief
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Publish Date: 2006-01-01
Features: The Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press Practical English-Chinese Dictionary is a practical English-Chinese reference book designed for college and high school students as well as self-learners of English. Since its publication, it has sold hundreds of thousands of copies. In response to the requests of readers, the Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press has now released a completely new edition of this dictionary. Compared to the previous version, this edition includes more words, updates, and a stronger emphasis on practicality. It focuses on the differentiation of word meanings, provides detailed explanations of idiomatic usage, word formation, and other challenging topics, and pays special attention to preposition collocations and usage. It includes over 50,000 English words and phrases with rich examples, totaling more than 120,000 example sentences, and also features proverbs, famous quotes, and sayings. It offers word meaning differentiation, usage explanations, and preposition collocations. The appendices are practical, including common English prefixes and suffixes, irregular verb forms, names of countries and regions and their capitals or administrative centers.