《新世纪英汉大学词典》(以下简称《新世纪》)由上海外语教育出版社于2010年出版,系清华大学罗选民教授带领国内十余所高校的二十余位教师反复推敲、历时12年编纂而成。词典共1196页,计342万字,收录英语词汇及短语5万余条。正如《新世纪》的名称及序言所示,该词典的主要使用对象为大学生。这一明确的读者定位决定了该词典的编纂理念和编纂方法不同于其他一般词典。学习二语的大学生查阅词典是为了学习,因此词典应具备学 The New Century English-Chinese University Dictionary (hereinafter referred to as the “New Century”) was published by Shanghai Foreign Language Education Press in 2010 and was repeatedly scrutinized by more than 20 teachers led by Professor Luo Xuan-ming at Tsinghua University in over 10 universities in China for 12 years Compiled from. A total of 1196 dictionaries, 342 words, including English vocabulary and phrases more than 50,000. As the name and prologue of “New Century” show, the main target of the dictionary is college students. This clear reader orientation determines that the dictionary’s codification philosophy and codification method is different from other general dictionaries. Students who learn a second language refer to the dictionary for learning, so the dictionary should have the learning