调典的历史 1935年,迈克尔·韦斯特的《新方法英语词典》(New method English Dictiortary)问世,这是第一部英语教学词典。迄今已有50多年的历史,当时人们便萌生了这样一个想法,即学英语的外国学生需要一种专门的英语词典。1961年,这部诃典再版,韦斯特在引论中写了这样一番话: “这本英语词典是专为外国人编写的。 History of the Code In 1935, Michael West’s “New Method English Dictionary” (New method English Dictiortary) came out, this is the first English teaching dictionaries. So far, more than 50 years have passed since people started thinking that foreign students learning English needed a specialized English dictionary. In 1961, a reprint of this form, West wrote in his introduction: "This English-language dictionary is written specifically for foreigners.