Roget'sInternationalThesaurus6thEdition
- 作者
- 出版社 HarperCollins
- 出版时间 2002年6月
- ISBN 9780060935443
- 定价 133.40
内容简介
TherevolutionaryachievementofDr.PeterMarkRoget'sfirsteditionin1852wasthedevelopmentofabrand-newprinciple:thearrangementofwordsandphrasesaccordingtotheirmeanings.Dr.Roget'ssystembringstogetherinoneplaceallthetermsassociatedwithasinglethoughtorconcept;itallowsawide-rangingsurveyoflanguagewithinabookofrelativelymodestsize,withoutthespace-consumingrepetitionsthatsoseverelylimitthescopeofthesaurusesarrangedinadictionaryformatwithA-to-Zentries.ThisbrilliantorganizationmakesRoget'sInternationalThesaurus?boththemostefficientwordfinderandacutting-edgeaidinstimulatingthought,organizingideas,andwritingandspeakingmoreclearlyandeffectively.Thisrevisedandupdatedsixtheditionfeaturesthousandsofnewwordsandphrases,includingthenewestslangwordsandexpressionsthatcolorandinformeverydaylanguage.ItretainsallofthehallmarksthathavemadeRoget'sInternationalThesaurus?anenduringclassic:Morethan330,000wordsandphrasesorganizedinto1,075categories.Apinpointreferencesystemthatdirectstheuserquicklyfromacomprehensiveindextothenumberedcategoryoftherightword.Thousandsofcross-referencesthroughoutleadtootherhelpfulcategories.Hundredsofsupplementalwordliststhatsupplythenamesofthingswhichhavenosynonyms(measurements,wines,weapons,animals,statemottoes,andmore)aswellashundredsofquotationsthatamplifythemeaningsofselectedwords.Generationsofstudents,writers,editors,andspeakershavemadeRoget'sthemostpopularwordreferencebooknexttothedictionary.Continuingalegacythatdatesbackmorethan150years,Roget'sInternationalThesaurus?isanindispensableworkforeveryonewhowantstousetheEnglishlanguagewithclarityandprecision.
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