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在线阅读本书 A critically acclaimed guide to English usage. Includes more than 2,300 entries presenting the history, analysis, and recommendations regarding noted usage controversies. Entries are illustrated with more than 20,000 quotations from prominent writers.

Merriam Webster is proud to announce the arrival of its most famous dictionary, now completely revised and updated. The features of the dictionary now include: 225,000 clear and precise definitions More than 40,000 word-use examples More than 7500 phrases and idions The Merriam Webster Collegiate is a great learning too: It features a comprehensive coverage of all fields of knowledge 165,000 entries with correct spellings and pronunciations More than 700 illustrations, tables and diagrams for at-a-glance information The CD edition comes complete with the book and a free one year subscription to Merriam-WebsterCollegiate.com. The new Eleventh Edition of America's best-selling dictionary merges print, CD-ROM, and Internet-based formats to deliver unprecedented accessibility and flexibility at one affordable price. Fully revised print content features more than 225,000 clear and precise definitions and more than 10,000 words and meanings. Includes easily installable CD-ROM and free one-year subscription to new Collegiate Web site. The first Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary (M-W) was published in 1898, and the tenth edition had a copyright date of 1993. The eleventh edition brings many new words, a CD-ROM, and a free one-year subscription to Merriam-Webster Collegiate.com, which includes the text of the dictionary as well as the Collegiate Thesaurus, Collegiate Encyclopedia, and Merriam-Webster's Spanish-English Dictionary. Now for the numbers. M-W has a paper file of 15,700,000 citations from which their lexicographers chose 10,000 new words, for a total of 165,000 entries and 225,000 definitions. There are 100,000 "changes" from the tenth edition. Users asked for more usage examples and idioms and phrases, so there are now 40,000 examples and a "significant" increase in idioms. There are 91,000 pronunciations, 33,000 etymologies, 2,700 illustrative quotations, 650 foreign words and phrases, and 700 illustrations. As the world rushes on, so does the time taken for words to become accepted. It used to be at least ten years before a new word was considered for inclusion; now it may take as few as four years. M-W staff certainly have become the purveyors of the words that we use. Terms added to this edition include Botox, comb-over, crunch-exercise, dead-cat bounce, dead presidents, dead tree, def, exfoliant, gimme cap, identity theft, phat, and tweener. As would be expected, some entries had to be eliminated because words are invented faster than they go out of favor. Anyone seeking definitions of record changer and pantdress will need an unabridged or older dictionary. M-W still includes separate sections for geographical and biographical names, but abbreviations are now interfiled in the main section. Perhaps the next edition will interfile the other two sections. Criticisms of the eleventh edition are mostly cosmetic. The use of photographs and shaded boxes for usage notes would make it more attractive to users. There are, however, more than 200 new black-and-white line drawings. The Col legiate Dictionary's closest competitor, the American Heritage College Dictionary (4th ed.), published last year, makes good use of photographs and illustrations in the margins. It contains a number of words (gangsta, goth) that are also new to this edition of M-W. The online version has a number of search options, including a reverse dictionary (if you can think of the correct words), the etymology of words, and those that are the same part of speech. The most interesting option is the date feature. Paging through the words attributed to a particular year is a definite retrospective of recollections. Words of 1980 include balsamic vinegar, exit poll, NIMBY, and ziplock. An improvement to the online version would be a search button so the back button doesn't need to be used as much. It would be less cumbersome if the illustrations were included with the definitions rather than requiring another click. Because the one-year free subscription to the online version is only mentioned on the dust jacket, some users will fail to see it. Unfortunately, the free subscription is not available free to libraries or schools. One wonders if the CD-ROM is really necessary because it provides only basic searching. For serious dictionary collections and fans of dictionaries from this venerable publisher, now in partnership with Britannica, the eleventh edition is a definite buy. With a list price of $25.95, it is a bargain for individuals. Libraries with limited budgets that purchased the American Heritage College Dictionary in 2002 may not need another college dictionary this year. RBB Since 1937. Merriam-Webster is America's foremost publisher of language-related reference works. The company publishes a diverse array of print and electronic products, including Merriam-Webster's Collegiate? Dictionary, Eleventh Edition – America's best-selling desk dictionary – and Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged. Merriam-Webster can be considered the direct lexicographical heir of Noah Webster. In 1843, the company bought the rights to the 1841 edition of Webster's magnum opus, An American Dictionary of the English Language, Corrected and Enlarged. At the same time, they secured the rights to create revised editions of the work. Since that time, Merriam-Webster editors have carried forward Noah Webster's work, creating some of the most widely used and respected dictionaries and reference books in the world. length: (cm)25.1 　　　 　　　　　 　width:(cm) 18.5

这是一本薄薄的小书。首版于1918年由纽约一家出版社出版。作者William Strunk,康耐尔大学英语教授，E.B.怀特对此书加以了修正。此书短小精悍，容量巨大。涵盖了母语英语的人写作和用法上常出的错误，也清晰地解释了一些语法书中很难找到的语言现象。虽然是为说英语的学生所写,但对于任何需要进一步了解英文用法，进而学习书写英文的人，这本书必不可少的。

本书是对世界语言中语法形式和结构式单向性变化的最重要总结，为读者提供了发现不同语法意义如何原则上相互关联的工具，并且探讨了如何处理一词多义与异形同义现象，以及为什么某些特定的语言形式同时具备词汇功能和语法功能等问题。

One of the English language’s most skilled and beloved writers guides us all toward precise, mistake-free usage. As usual Bill Bryson says it best: “English is a dazzlingly idiosyncratic tongue, full of quirks and irregularities that often seem willfully at odds with logic and common sense. This is a language where ‘cleave’ can mean to cut in half or to hold two halves together; where the simple word ‘set’ has 126 different meanings as a verb, 58 as a noun, and 10 as a participial adjective; where if you can run fast you are moving swiftly, but if you are stuck fast you are not moving at all; [and] where ‘colonel,’ ‘freight,’ ‘once,’ and ‘ache’ are strikingly at odds with their spellings.” As a copy editor for the London Times in the early 1980s, Bill Bryson felt keenly the lack of an easy-to-consult, authoritative guide to avoiding the traps and snares in English, and so he brashly suggested to a publisher that he should write one. Surprisingly, the proposition was accepted, and for “a sum of money carefully gauged not to cause embarrassment or feelings of overworth,” he proceeded to write that book–his first, inaugurating his stellar career. Now, a decade and a half later, revised, updated, and thoroughly (but not overly) Americanized, it has become Bryson’s Dictionary of Troublesome Words , more than ever an essential guide to the wonderfully disordered thing that is the English language. With some one thousand entries, from “a, an” to “zoom,” that feature real-world examples of questionable usage from an international array of publications, and with a helpful glossary and guide to pronunciation, this precise, prescriptive, and–because it is written by Bill Bryson–often witty book belongs on the desk of every person who cares enough about the language not to maul or misuse or distort it. From the Hardcover edition.

《世界人名翻译大辞典》第一版于1993年10月出版以来，对于统一规范外国人名的译名工作，曾经起到了很大的推动作用，成为社会政治经济生活中具有一定权威性的常用工具书，受到社会各界的好评。 但是随着时间的流逝，13年来，国家国内的形势发生了很大的变化。世界各国人事更迭频繁、行政区划也有很多改变，如南斯拉夫、捷克斯洛伐克、西萨摩亚等，因而本书的内容迫切需要作相应的改动与更新。我们在上一版的基础上进行了精心的修订，改正第一版的讹误、更新原有资料。此外，还尽量增补了最新资料，正文的第一部分增加了4万多条新词条，第二部分增加和改动了东南亚国家及朝鲜、韩国和日本等国的官员及名人的姓名资料2千余条，如今年10月13日当选的联合国新任秘书长潘基文、11月9日当选的世界卫生组织新任总干事陈冯富珍等。

全球最大独立音效公司创始人 教你如何打造好莱坞式的音效 ................... ※编辑推荐※ ☆ 作者是资深声音设计师、全球最大的独立音效提供商，有着十分丰富的创作经验，创立了个人品牌Blastwave FX，为苹果、索尼等众多厂商打造音效库，热门美剧《英雄》《绝望的主妇》《丑女贝蒂》《迷失》都用过他的音效作品。 ☆ 本书是作者音效创作团队的实战经验总结，具有非常强的可操作性，提供了十分务实的录音技巧，尤其适合中小成本电影摄制团队借鉴参考。 ☆ 作者语言诙谐有趣，引用了许多菜鸟实习生的故事说明问题，十分具有可读性。 ☆ 众多知名录音师联名推荐。 ☆ 对于影视、动画、游戏、多媒体等各行业领域的音效录制都有极大的指导意义和实践价值，是录音师、拟音师乃至影视、多媒体、新媒体等领域的相关专业人士的必备书籍。 ................... ※内容简介※ 本书涵盖了从音效设计、录制到后期制作的各个环节。作者以诙谐幽默的语言，结合自己的实战经验，系统阐述了技术设备、拟音棚建设等基础内容，还有“录音十诫”、“拟音的艺术”、“声音剪辑十诫”等音效设计制作中应该遵循的基本规律。尤其是“音效百科全书”一章，作者把行业中的秘密一一揭开，毫不藏私地把各种音效录制技巧、方法巨细靡遗地呈现给读者。本书内容严谨却不教条，具备非常强的可操作性。音效设计制作及相关专业领域的从业人员和电影爱好者可以从本书中得到弥足珍贵的经验，并对好莱坞电影的音效制作行业有更为生动而深刻的认识。

A hands-on, practical survival guide from retired Navy SEAL Clint Emerson—adapted for civilians from actual special forces operations—to eluding pursuers, evading capture, and surviving any dangerous situation. In today’s increasingly dangerous world, threats to your personal safety are everywhere. From acts of terror to mass shootings, and from the unseen (and sometimes virtual) matrix of everyday crime, danger is no longer confined to dark alleys or unstable regions. Potentially life-threatening circumstances can arise anywhere, anytime, and Clint Emerson—former Navy SEAL—wants you to be prepared. 100 Deadly Skills contains proven self-defense skills, evasion tactics, and immobilizing maneuvers—modified from the world of black ops—to help you take action in numerous “worst case” scenarios from escaping a locked trunk, to making an improvised Taser, to tricking facial recognition software. With easy-to-understand instructions and illustrations, Emerson outlines in detail many life-saving strategies and teaches you how to think and act like a member of the special forces. This complete course in survival teaches you how to prevent tracking, evade a kidnapping, elude an active shooter, rappel down the side of a building, immobilize a bad guy, protect yourself against cyber-criminals, and much more—all using low-tech to “no-tech” methods. Clear, detailed, and presented in an easy-to-understand and execute format, 100 Deadly Skills is an invaluable resource. Because let’s face it, when danger is imminent, you don’t have time for complicated instructions.

《日本語表現練習帳》按照各个主题的内容，分别汇整了常用汉字（イメージ汉字），使用该汉字的词汇，以及与主题相关的词汇（关连语）。所有汉字皆有标上假名读音，若有不懂的语汇，请自行查阅字典。另外，由于每个主题都以该章节为独立单位汇整，彼此互不影响，您可以从有兴趣的主题开始阅读。3虽然《日本語表現練習帳》主要收录重心是相当于N1．N2程度的词汇，以及过去曾被出题过的词汇，但同时也涉及一些专门用语，因此《日本語表現練習帳》不仅对将要报考N1．N2的读者有所助益，也能帮助已经考取能力试验的读者补充日常会话或作文中使用的词汇量。

For a quarter century, more than a million readers—scribes and scribblers of all ages and abilities—have been inspired by Anne Lamott’s hilarious, big-hearted, homespun advice. Advice that begins with the simple words of wisdom passed down from Anne’s father—also a writer—in the iconic passage that gives the book its title: “Thirty years ago my older brother, who was ten years old at the time, was trying to get a report on birds written that he’d had three months to write. It was due the next day. We were out at our family cabin in Bolinas, and he was at the kitchen table close to tears, surrounded by binder paper and pencils and unopened books on birds, immobilized by the hugeness of the task ahead. Then my father sat down beside him, put his arm around my brother’s shoulder, and said, ‘Bird by bird, buddy. Just take it bird by bird.’” An essential volume for generations of writers young and old, Bird by Bird is a modern classic. This twenty-fifth anniversary edition will continue to spark creative minds for years to come.

《面部表情大全》是美术参考素材库之一的“面部表情大全”，内容包括了50多个不同种族、不同年龄的男性和女性，他们在照相机面前展示了一系列的表情状态。

This clear, updated edition is a practical guide to the symptoms and treatment options for those who have thyroid-related problems.

你也许相当了解资本主义、社会主义、撒切尔主义、多边主义。 可你熟悉多纳图主义、越山主义、萨德主义或光线主义吗？这类以（ism）结尾的词汇构成了英语中一支特殊的存在。 用一本书的容量写一类词语。本书作者上下一两千年，极尽搜罗之能事，为我们呈现了英语世界里最高大上的一类词汇 。 这本便携的口袋书，小巧精致，可以在碎片时间轻松阅读。依英文字母排序，四百多个条目，比字典解释长一些，又比百科全书短一些，令人充分了解意思的同时，又有盎然的阅读乐趣。 本书由读库出品，购买链接：http://tinyurl.com/n9afn36

《标点符号用法手册》对国家颁布的《标点符号用法》中规定的17种标点符号做了全面解读，其中特别体现了对2011年新国标中新修订内容的介绍。《标点符号用法手册》既有对标点常规用法的条分缕析，又注重对特殊用法的说明。在理论阐述的基础上，对不同用法加以比较，注重对错误用例的剖析。

你是否正在尝试创作幻想小说，书写一段发生在奇幻国度、未来世界或遥远银河系的新传奇？这本新颖的创作指南正是为你设计的。屡获殊荣的杰夫·范德米尔将创作各类幻想小说的经验秘笈都汇集在《奇迹之书》中。如果你立志成为幻想小说家，或已经是初中级阶段的写作者，本书定是你案头的必需品。丰富多彩的案例为你的写作提供动机和能量，精辟的文本从视点、情节、结构、角色塑造、对白、解说、设定等各方面提供实用信息，帮助你打磨写作技巧。《奇迹之书》还收录了各种专题文章、采访和随笔，它们的作者都是当今文坛响当当的大人物。

中国专科文献目录。中国科学院北京天文台主编。中华书局1985年出版。以朱士嘉编纂的《中国地方志综录》为蓝本，与各单位现实藏书进行核对，补充并参考若干同类目录编成。著录中国各省、市、自治区的公共、科研单位、大专院校图书馆、博物馆、历史馆、档案馆等190个单位所收藏的自南朝宋至1949年的方志8200余种 。收录范围包括通志、府、州、厅、县志、乡土志、里镇志、卫志、所志、关志、岛屿志，以及一些具有志书体例和内容的方志初稿、采访册、调查记等，但山、水、寺庙、名胜等志则除外。《中国地方志联合目录》依全国各省、市、自治区分别著录，各省内以府、州、县、乡为序，乡土志、里镇志随所属县后，同一地区的方志则按编纂年代先后排列。著录项目有书名 、卷数、纂修者、版本、藏书单位和备注。凡存佚情况、卷数分合、记事起讫，地名古今变迁、书名异称，内容详略，流落异域孤本的国别与收藏单位等等都在备注内说明。书末附书名索引。

 德国钟表界公认的权威钟表工具词典，2800个专业词汇精准解析！ 《钟表百科大全》收录了2800多个不同专业领域的词汇，范围主要集中在机械制表工艺领域。 具体来说，《钟表百科大全》涵盖的概念主要包括钟表技术本身的专业词汇、工匠工具领域、加工和生产流程所需机器术语等，一些技术与自然科学方面的基础概念和定义，以及众多国内外表师的生平简介，也被录于《钟表百科大全》内。编者力图从实际角度出发，对该领域关键词汇进行筛选。《钟表百科大全》累计插入350张图片，用以展示说明，可作为切实有效的参考文献使用。