New English-Chinese Dictionary (Revised Edition)

Author: He Yongkang et al
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Publish Date: 1997-11-01
Features: Revised edition of New English-Chinese Dictionary: Emphasizes definitions with richer entries than similar dictionaries. Includes newly developed words, meanings, and usage reflecting advancements in various fields, such as: ATM (automatic teller machine)/beeper (pager), BP machine/bioremediation (biological remediation), CBD (Central Business District), cellular (cordless, mobile) telephone, digital disc (or disk), electronic mail, E-mail, information highway, internet (international) network, karaoke, Mousse (hair styling product), teletext, vaxinate (to protect a computer or computer operating system from computer viruses), veltex (teletext), vegetablize (to become a vegetable; to live a vegetative, lifeless life), zip-code (to mark a postal code on…). A reference book for and readers with middle school or higher English proficiency.