本书收录同义、近义词9,000多条,对各同义词的不同含义、不同用法进行比较、解释,用最恰当的例句,从应用的角度表现各个同义词的含义、使用范围、使用对象或用法。
凯教授表示,这部词典与《罗格同义词词典》主要区别在于,它追溯了英语的起源。
Professor Kay said that one of the main differences from Roget`s Thesaurus was that the new volumes go back to the origins of English.
新出版的《牛津英语历史同义词词典》的编纂工作历时44年时间,其中最长的词条是英语单词“ immediately ”。
The longest entry in the new Historical Thesaurus of the Oxford English Dictionary, a work that has been 44 years in the making, is for the word "immediately".
在编纂英汉词典时,应从以下几个方面增强英语释义的语义特色:释义时应阐明最常用的同义词及反义词的用法;
When an English Chinese dictionary is compiled, the semantic charateristics in explaining English words should be strengthened from the following aspects:the usage of synonym and antonym;
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