牛津、朗文高阶英汉双解词典的“用法说明”

An Analysis of the Usage Notes in Oxford Advanced Learner 's Dictionary and Longman Advanced American Dictionary

"用法说明"是呈现某词条重要用法的一种方式,它不仅可以节省篇幅,而且醒目的框架式构成对学习者具有吸引和警示的作用。牛津高阶和朗文高阶英汉双解词典作为广受英语学习者喜爱的学习型词典,在"用法说明"的内容编写上丰富涵盖了词条的相关信息,如辨析、语法、正式或礼貌程度等;在策略选择上,巧妙利用"错误警示"、"提醒"、"比较"和"说明",充分给予了学习词条用法或信息上的指导。

Usage notes are one of the effective ways to display the usage. They can not only save the space, but can easily attract and warn users with the analysis of usages in the form of boxes, two most popular dictionaries among users, cover diversifying elements in usage notes, such as discrimination, grammar, formality, politeness or not and so on. Besides, guidance in usages or information is provided with many strategies, for example, ＂caution＂, ＂warning＂, ＂contrast＂ and ＂description＂.