New Oxford English-Chinese Dictionary

Author: Compiled and Published by the Committee for Compilation and Publication of this Dictionary
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Publication Date: 2007-01-01
Features: The New Oxford English-Chinese Dictionary is compiled based on the New Oxford Dictionary of English (1998 edition) and the second edition (2003), organized by Shanghai Foreign Language Education Press and meticulously crafted over six years by nearly 100 experts and scholars from across the country. It is currently the largest English-Chinese bilingual dictionary in the world.
● Contains over 355,000 words, phrases, and definitions, fully meeting the needs of teaching, reading, and translation.
● Selects over 5,000 newly coined words and meanings, reflecting the latest developments in the language.
● Includes over 52,000 technical terms and 12,000 encyclopedic entries, combining the functions of a language dictionary and an encyclopedic dictionary.
● Definitions distinguish between core and secondary meanings, with clear relationships between meanings, making it convenient for reference and memorization.
● Provides detailed information on morphology, syntax, pragmatics, collocations, and sets up over 500 usage notes, creating a fresh integration of a compact language teaching dictionary and a comprehensive language reference dictionary.
● Features over 70,000 example sentences, all sourced from the British National Corpus, ensuring authenticity and naturalness.
● Records the use of English worldwide, making it a true international English dictionary.
● Chinese translations adhere to the principle of providing corresponding terms, striving for accuracy, naturalness, and conciseness in reproducing the original content, with some entries being the first translations in China.
● Bilingual explanations facilitate both accurate understanding and idiomatic translation, making it the preferred authoritative reference for English teachers, researchers, translators, and English learners with intermediate to advanced proficiency.