朗文当代英语词典（最新修订版）

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    A totally revised version of the acclaimed dictionary for advanced learners of English.
56,000WORDS AND PHRASES-full coverage of American and British English with special emphasis on new words.
75,000REALISTICUSESUL EXAMPLES-based on authentic language form the Longman Citation Corpus
CLEAR ACCURATE DEFINITIONS-using the Longman Defining Vocabulary of 2000 common words.
IPA PRONUNCIATION-of American and British English.
500 NEW HELPFUL ILLUSTRATIONS.
20LANGUAGE NOTES-theat explain approprate use of language in natural communication.
400DETAILED USAGE NOTES-to help you use the right word and expand your vocabulary.
CLEAR GRAMMAR CODES-for instant recognition of grammatical patterns.

　　A totally revised version of the acclaimed dictionary for advanced learners of English.
　　56,000WORDS AND PHRASES-full coverage of American and British English with special emphasis on new words.
　　75,000REALISTICUSESUL EXAMPLES-based on authentic language form the Longman Citation Corpus　CLEAR ACCURATE DEFINITIONS-using the Longman Defining Vocabulary of 2000 common words.
　　IPA PRONUNCIATION-of American and British English.
　　500 NEW HELPFUL ILLUSTRATIONS.
　　20LANGUAGE NOTES-theat explain approprate use of language in natural communication.
　　400DETAILED USAGE NOTES-to help you use the right word and expand your vocabulary.
　　CLEAR GRAMMAR CODES-for instant recognition of grammatical patterns.

Preface
General Introduction
Grammar and the Dictionary Pragmatics and the Dictionary
Explanatory Chart
A Quick Guide to Using the Dictionary
A Full Guide to Using the Dictionary
1 Finding words and phrases
2 Understanding meaning
3 Grammar
4 Style and usage
5 Pronciation
The Dictionary A-Z
Language Notes
Addressing people
Apologies
Articles
Collocations
Criticism and praise
Gradable and non-gradable adjectives
Idioms
Intensifying adjectives
Invitations and offers
Make and do
Modals
Phrasal verbs
Politeness
Prepositions
Questions
Requests
Synonyms
Tentativeness
Thanks
Words followed by prepositions
Tables
1 Numbers
2 Weights and measures
3 Military ranks
4 Word formation
5 Longman Defining Vocabulary
6 Irregular Verbs
7 The Verb"be"
8 Geographical names

In the early stages of learning a foreign language, one of our essential tools is a good bilingual dictionary, linking words of the language we know well to the corresponding words in the language we are learning. But as our competence and confidence increase, we reach a point at which the bilingual dictionary is inadequate to our needs. It ties us down to a perpetual exercise of translation, inhibits us from free creative expression in the foreign language we are now mastering, and simply does not give us enough information on the meanings..