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| Z.J.J Senior Member China Joined 5607 days ago 243 posts - 305 votes  Speaks: Mandarin* | Message 1 of 6 16 September 2009 at 10:02am | IP Logged | ||
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1. Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary (7th Edition)
2. Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary (3rd Edition) 3. Collins Cobuild Advanced Dictionary (6th Edition) 4. Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary (1st Edition) At present, besides 2 English-Chinese dictionaries, I've only got the latest <Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English> (5th Edition) on hand, so I would like to get another excellent English-English advanced learner's dictionary, unluckily I'm still hesitating over which one to choose between the above 4. Actually, I've already read a comparative review of dictionaries for English learners, no doubt that's a good article, but I'm curious to know which is relatively the "so-called" best one. BTW, <Collins Cobuild Advanced Learner's English Dictionary> (5th Edition) is unexpectedly out of stock, perhaps out of print, and the 6th edition has just come onto market in Mainland China. Would you please talk me through choosing the right dictionary in detail? I'd appreciate it if you could make a suggestion for my hesitation. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| jimbo Tetraglot Senior Member Canada Joined 6293 days ago 469 posts - 642 votes Speaks: English*, Mandarin, Korean, French Studies: Japanese, Latin | Message 2 of 6 16 September 2009 at 5:47pm | IP Logged | ||
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I haven't looked at English - English dictionaries for English learners for a long time but I liked the Collins Cobuild
a lot because it gives a ton of usage examples. Another one you may want to have a look at is the Macmillan English Dictionary for Advanced Learners. Again, I haven't looked at it for years but (if my memory is correct) it seemed worthwhile. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Z.J.J Senior Member China Joined 5607 days ago 243 posts - 305 votes Speaks: Mandarin* | Message 3 of 6 17 September 2009 at 6:45am | IP Logged | ||
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Thank you. I've already got the English-Chinese edition of <Macmillan English Dictionary for Advanced Learners>, and as for <Collins Cobuild>, the 5th edition is unavailable now in Mainland China, and I was told the 6th edition isn't worth buying due in part to the poor quality of its CD-ROM.
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| lagwagon555 Diglot Groupie New Zealand Joined 6118 days ago 38 posts - 47 votes Speaks: English*, Esperanto Studies: Japanese | Message 4 of 6 17 September 2009 at 12:21pm | IP Logged | ||
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This might be the article you have already seen, but I'll post it here just incase you haven't read it.
http://www.antimoon.com/how/learners-dictionaries-review.htm 3 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| Z.J.J Senior Member China Joined 5607 days ago 243 posts - 305 votes Speaks: Mandarin* | Message 5 of 6 21 September 2009 at 10:18am | IP Logged | ||
Any comments? If possible, I'd particularly like to get to know which of the above is a relatively excellent dictionary in terms of paper & printing quality, example sentences, vocabulary quantity, and accessibility scale. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Lingua Decaglot Senior Member United States Joined 5575 days ago 186 posts - 319 votes Speaks: English*, German, Italian, Spanish, Swedish, Danish, French, Norwegian, Portuguese, Dutch | Message 6 of 6 21 September 2009 at 12:05pm | IP Logged | ||
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I think Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary is excellent. I have never before seen a dictionary with so many example sentences.
Edited by Lingua on 21 September 2009 at 12:12pm 2 persons have voted this message useful |
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