Dictionary of Modern English Usage: Revised Edition

Author: Zhang Daozhen
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Features: This dictionary includes 10,000 English words that are basic, commonly used, active, and difficult to master. It is carefully selected based on the actual needs of young English learners, with approximately 6,000 word entries gathered from China's senior and middle school English teaching curricula and other relevant foreign dictionaries. The entries highlight various grammatical functions, especially of nouns, adjectives, and verbs, focusing on their usage, with examples from English to illustrate. This is a dictionary that emphasizes the usage of close to 10,000 common words. These words account for only one-fiftieth of the total English vocabulary but are basic, commonly used, active, and relatively difficult to master. Mastering the usage of these words will provide a solid foundation for expressing general ideas and handling daily tasks. In terms of word selection, this dictionary primarily chooses approximately 6,000 commonly used words from published basic English dictionaries, which are important for daily life and science popularization. Additionally, it includes derivatives and synonyms of verbs, adjectives, and nouns, bringing the total to over 10,000 words. These vocabulary items largely cover all fundamental words required by China's current senior and middle school English teaching curricula and the E and I levels of college English teaching curricula.