这本词典虽然发行多年,但仍受许多用户的喜欢,它的智能取词和collation功能非常实用,以下是从沪江论坛转帖的试用小记:
Oxford Phrasebuilder Genie被誉为沪江历来最难安装的一部词典. 在经历过无数次失败,重装了N次操作系统之后, 今天终于突破了CD-COPS的封锁, 第一次看到Genie那可爱小巧的界面,心里激动之情真是难以言表.
在初步试用这个词典后, 最大的印象是, 无论开始怎么难安装, 无论经过多少挫折, 都是值得的,因为GENIE的特色是其它字典没有的, 那就是: Collocation.
早些时候也下载试用了longman的第四版, 也使用了其中的Phrase bank功能(实际上是一个mini的搭配词库), 但是使用起来却不是很顺手,开始没有找到原因,后来才逐步意识到, longman的这个搭配词库不是一个发散性的搭配词库,而是收敛性的,换句话说, 所有的搭配中lognman只是保守地选择收录了字典上\"典型\"的, 基本已经成为\"成语\"的搭配, 这在某种意义上来说已经不是我们中国的ESL学生所需要的\"搭配\"词典了, longman这种所谓的搭配可以在任何一本现代的英英词典上找到的,下面举一个longman的例子:
词条为: environment (摘自longman的此词条的phrase bank):
home environment
physical environment
political/economic environment
safe environment
the environment
working/learning environment
Phrases from other entries:
built environment- see built environment, n
congenial atmosphere/surroundings/environment- see congenial, adj
hostile environment/climate/terrain etc- see hostile, adj
hothouse atmosphere/environment etc- see hothouse, n
smoke-free environment/zone etc- see smoke-free, adj
unfamiliar surroundings/place/environment etc- see unfamiliar, adj
working conditions/environment etc- see working, adj
Words used with: environment
PREPOSITIONS:
for,
within
ADJECTIVES:
competitive,
different,
economic,
external,
hostile,
local,
natural,
new,
physical,
political,
safe,
social,
urban,
working
NOUNS:
business,
development,
home,
minister,
work
VERBS:
adapt,
build,
change,
create,
improve,
learn,
live,
maintain,
protect,
provide
归纳一下, Longman的搭配举例(在本词条中)是这样的:
1.举出几个几乎成为固定词条的词组, 如political/economic environment, 这种条目在其它英英字典中即使不当作单独的词条处理,也一定会在例句中出现.(这就是我所说的\"不成其为搭配\"的意思).
2. 举出在其它词条中出现environment这个词的线索, 这为我们学习搭配提供了很好的参考,但致命的弱点是随意性太强: 如果本词典中其它词条的例句编辑中没有这个词,是否就代表没有这个用法? 没有系统的归纳搭配使这个栏目使用起来极端不变.
3. Words used with: environment
这部分是最能体现lognman不足的地方,也是oxford phrasebuilder的强项, 初步统计, longman的介词总结了2个, 形容词总结了14个,名词总结了5个,动词总结了10个. 但是这样的归纳是否体现了environment使用时的大部分特征呢? 在总结频率结合方面是否有据可寻呢? 这样单纯的总结搭配而不带具体用法是否对ESL学生有益处了? 在我看来答案都可能是NO.
现在我们再来比较一下oxford phrasebuilder的搭配处理办法,同样是environment一词:
1 conditions of the place where you are
ADJ. immediate Cold-blooded animals depend on the temperature of their immediate environment. | alien, new, unfamiliar | changing | protected, safe, secure, stable | friendly | pleasant | clean, healthy | stimulating | favourable This period provided a favourable environment for the spread of communism. | uncertain, unstable | dangerous | noisy | competitive | hostile | extreme, harsh | fragile Walkers can unwittingly damage the fragile environment in which the birds live. | rural, urban | arid, cold, warm | aquatic, coastal, forest, mountain | domestic, family, home Children learn best in their home environment. | physical | cultural, emotional, social | office, work, working, workplace A comfortable working environment will increase productivity. | classroom, educational, learning, school, teaching, training | economic, financial Investors are showing more caution in the current economic environment. | political | business, commercial, corporate She now had to transfer her design skills to a commercial environment. | professional
VERB + ENVIRONMENT create, provide parents who strive to provide a stimulating environment for their children to grow up in | adapt to creatures that have adapted to hostile desert environments | improve | explore The cat walked round, exploring its new environment.
PREP. in an/the ~ people working in increasingly competitive environments
孰优孰劣,从搭配数量,例句形成等方面, 家应该一眼看明白了,所以说oxford的搭配应该是经过系统研究,系统总结,考虑到词与词之间“自由搭配”的现象,很积极的编辑的一部“发散型”搭配字典,是ESL的提高必读书,搭配这方面如果只读LONGMAN,就是很遗憾的事情了。 |