剑桥高级学习者词典
2003-2
Cambridge University Press (2003年2月24日)
Cambridge
1550
The Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary doesn't just help you find words quickly and understand them easily. It gives the vital support which advanced students need, especially with the essential skills: reading, writing, listening and speaking. Key Features, In the book: * 170,000 words, phrases and examples * New words: all the important new words that have come into the language (e.g. dirty bomb, lairy, jus, 9/11, clickable) so that your English stays up-to-date * Colour headwords: so that you can find the word you are looking for quickly * Idiom Finder: making idioms so much easier to find * 200 'Common Learner Error' notes show how to avoid common mistakes * 25,000 collocations show the way words work together in English * Colour pictures: 16 full page colour pictures that explain groups of words visually. On the CD-ROM: * Sound: recordings in British and American English for all words, plus practice tools to help improve pronunciation * UNIQUE! Smart Thesaurus helps you choose the right word - fast! * QUICKfind looks up words for you while you are working or reading on screen * UNIQUE! SUPERwrite gives on screen help with grammar, spelling and collocation when you are writing. * Hundreds of interactive exercises can be printed for classroom use or done on-screen * Copy and paste lets you use any part of the dictionary in your own documents .
Grammar codes and abbreviationsIntroductionHow to use the dictionaryNumbers that are used like wordsThe DictionaryColour PicturesStudy Sections Work and jobs Money Periods of time Relationships Telephoning Sounds and smells Computers, text messages, email Relative clauses Phrasal verbs Determiners Modal verbs Homographs Homophones Letter Writing Regular inflections Punctuation Varieties of EnglishIdiom FinderWord FamiliesGeographical NamesCommon First NamesPrefixes and SuffixesIrregular verbsRegular verb tensesSymbolsUnits of measurementPronunciationPronunciation symbols
