英语单词词汇精进指南2册 

逐字逐句

Word by Word: The Secret Life of Dictionaries

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单词的力量

Word Power Made Easy

书籍目录

9781101970263 Word by Word: The Secret Life of Dictionaries 逐字逐句

9781101873854 Word Power Made Easy 单词的力量

书籍简介

Word by Word: The Secret Life of Dictionaries 英文原版 逐字逐句 Kory Stamper

基本信息

By (author) Kory Stamper

Format Paperback | 320 pages

Dimensions 132 x 203 x 17.78mm | 226.8g

Publication date 06 Mar 2018

Publisher Random House USA Inc

Imprint Vintage Books

Publication City/Country New York, United States

Language English

Edition Statement Reprint

ISBN10 110197026X

ISBN13 9781101970263

页面参数仅供参考，具体以实物为准

内容简介

“We think of English as a fortress to be defended, but a better analogy is to think of English as a child. We love and nurture it into being, and once it gains gross motor skills, it starts going exactly where we don’t want it to go: it heads right for the goddamned electrical sockets.”

With wit and irreverence, lexicographer Kory Stamper cracks open the obsessive world of dictionary writing, from the agonizing decisions about what to define and how to do it to the knotty questions of ever-changing word usage.

Filled with fun facts—for example, the first documented usage of “OMG” was in a letter to Winston Churchill—and Stamper’s own stories from the linguistic front lines (including how she became America’s foremost “irregardless” apologist, despite loathing the word), Word by Word is an endlessly entertaining look at the wonderful complexities and eccentricities of the English language.

“我们常常把英语比作一座需要守卫的堡垒，但更恰当的比喻是把它比作一个孩子。我们精心呵护它成长，一旦它掌握了基本的运动技能，它就开始朝着我们最不希望它去的地方跑：径直冲向该死的电源插座。” 词典编纂家科里·斯坦珀以诙谐幽默的笔触，揭开了词典编纂这个令人着迷的世界，从定义词条和定义方式的艰难抉择，到不断变化的词语用法的棘手问题，无所不包。书中充满了趣味盎然的事实——例如，“OMG”一词最早有记载的使用是在写给温斯顿·丘吉尔的一封信中——以及斯坦珀本人在语言学前线的亲身经历（包括她如何成为美国著名的“irregardless”辩护者，尽管她本人厌恶这个词）。《逐字逐句》以轻松诙谐的笔触，展现了英语语言奇妙的复杂性和独特之处。

Word Power Made Easy 单词的力量

构建卓越词汇量的完整手册

产品信息

作者：Norman Lewis

装帧：平装

出版商： Vintage

发布日期： 2014年11月4日

版本： 扩展版、再版

语言： 英语

印刷页数： 560页

ISBN-10： 110187385X

ISBN-13： 978-1101873854

物品重量： 2.31磅

尺寸： 4.13 x 1.17 x 6.9 英寸

页面参数仅供参考，具体以实物为准

书籍简介

有效的英语词汇学习指南：这本经久不衰的经典之作已帮助数百万人掌握英语，提升他们在商务、课堂和生活中的沟通能力。

《轻松掌握词汇》提供了一种简单易行的循序渐进的方法，帮助您提升英语知识和技能。本书按主题分为多个章节，涵盖了从如何奉承朋友、如何讽刺敌人到如何精准地谈论科学和医学等方方面面的内容。本书以生动、易懂且不乏幽默的风格撰写，将拓展知识的理念和方法融入词汇学习之中。

本书将帮助您：

• 自信地进行英语口语和写作。

• 更高效地阅读。

• 快速学习。

• 拓展社交圈。

• 提升收入。

作者深入探讨词源学，帮助读者解读生词；提供音标发音；提供避免常见拼写错误的技巧；并着重讲解哪些繁琐过时的语法规则仍然有效，哪些已经过时或误导，可以忽略不计。

本书包含大量实用复习、进度检查和测验，帮助巩固所学内容，这本经典教材已帮助数百万读者提升了听说读写能力。

The most effective English language vocabulary builder available: this time-tested classic has helped millions achieve mastery of English and improve their communications skills in business, the classroom, and in life.

Word Power Made Easy provides a simple, step-by-step method for increasing knowledge and mastery of the English language. Arranged in thematic sections—on everything from how to flatter friends and insult enemies to how to talk precisely about science and medicine—the book is written in a lively, accessible, and often humorous style, presenting ideas and a method of broadening your knowledge as an integral part of vocabulary-building.

This book will help you:

• Speak and write with confidence.

• Read more effectively and efficiently.

• Learn quickly.

• Develop social contacts.

• Increase your earning power.

The author delves into etymology to arm the reader to decode unfamiliar words, provides phonetic pronunciations, gives tips on avoiding common spelling errors, and offers useful sections on which fussy, old-fashioned grammar rules are valid and which are outdated or misguided and can be safely ignored.

Loaded with helpful reviews, progress checks, and quizzes to reinforce the material, this classic resource has helped millions learn to speak and write with greater sophistication.