collegiate dictionary

基本解釋

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary defines motivation as "that which gives purpose and direction to behavior."
韋氏學(xué)生字典將動力定義為“給行為提供目的和指示的事物”。
That's essentially the criteria for making it into the collegiate dictionary - if a word shows up often enough in mainstream writing, the editors consider defining it.
這也是《韋氏詞典》選錄新詞的標(biāo)準(zhǔn)，如果一個詞在主流文章中經(jīng)常出現(xiàn)，那么編輯們就會考慮將其收入詞典。
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Merriam-Webster has just released the list of the some 100 new words added to its Collegiate Dictionary, Eleventh Edition.
《韋氏大詞典》剛剛公布了加入第11版學(xué)院詞典的100個新詞匯。

Compare these two entries for dragonfly: "Any of a suborder of odonate insects that are larger and stouter than damselflies, " begins Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary.
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The Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary has no record of such a word.
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