| Acknowledgement | 第1-4页 |
| Synopsis | 第4-8页 |
| Introduction | 第8-10页 |
| Chapter One The Essential Roles of Examples in Foreign Learner's dictionaries | 第10-19页 |
| 1．1 The vital functions of examples as seen by lexicographers | 第10-13页 |
| 1．2 The definite functions of examples in the eye of the author | 第13-19页 |
| 1．2．1 To complement and reinforce the definition | 第13-15页 |
| 1．2．2 To show collocation（broadly including idiom） | 第15-16页 |
| 1．2．3 To give grammatical hints | 第16页 |
| 1．2．4 To illustrate connotative and pragmatic behavior or stylistic information | 第16-19页 |
| Chapter Two Genuine Examples versus Invented examples | 第19-22页 |
| 2．1 An earnest debate: The value of real examples versus made-up ones | 第19-20页 |
| 2．2 An open question: both possess their respective merits | 第20-22页 |
| Chapter Three An Overview of Example Treatment in Some Major MLDS and BLDS | 第22-38页 |
| 3．1 The exemplary characteristics of ”the Big Four' | 第22-33页 |
| 3．1．1 The exemplification features of CCED2000 | 第22-24页 |
| 3．1．2 The methods and techniques for example presentation in OALD5 | 第24-26页 |
| 3．1．3 A brief look into LDOCE3 | 第26-28页 |
| 3．1．4 A detailed examination of CIDE | 第28-33页 |
| 3．2 The treatment of examples in two bilingual learner's dictionaries | 第33-38页 |
| 3．2．1 A probe imo NAECD 《最新高级》 | 第33-34页 |
| 3．2．2 An exploration of MECD 《多功能》 | 第34-38页 |
| Chapter Four Various Problems in Current MLDS and BLDS | 第38-52页 |
| 4．1 Searching for deficiencies of example treatment in MLDS | 第38-45页 |
| 4．1．1 A closer scrutiny of CCED | 第38-41页 |
| 4．1．2 A cursory look into LDOCE3 | 第41-42页 |
| 4．1．3 An examination of OALD5 | 第42页 |
| 4．1．4 An investigation of CIDE | 第42-45页 |
| 4．2 Exemplary defects in two representative BLDS | 第45-51页 |
| 4．2．1 NAECD | 第45-47页 |
| 4．2．2 MECD 《多功能》 | 第47-51页 |
| 4．3 Conclusion | 第51-52页 |
| Chapter Five Some Principles for Example Selection | 第52-57页 |
| 5．1 Some criteria for examples selection | 第52-55页 |
| 5．2 Summary | 第55-57页 |
| Conclusion | 第57-58页 |
| References | 第58-59页 |
