| Acknowledgements | 第1-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7-8页 |
| 摘要 | 第8-9页 |
| Contents | 第9-12页 |
| List of Abbreviations | 第12-13页 |
| List of Figures | 第13-14页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第14-19页 |
| ·Conception of the present study | 第15-16页 |
| ·Significance of the present study | 第16-17页 |
| ·Objective of the present study | 第17-18页 |
| ·Terminology of the present study | 第18页 |
| ·Organization of the thesis | 第18-19页 |
| Chapter Two Meaning Theories and CFL Pedagogical Lexicography | 第19-31页 |
| ·From the perspective of linguistics | 第19-24页 |
| ·Meaning and necessary and sufficient conditions | 第19-20页 |
| ·Meaning and prototype | 第20-21页 |
| ·Meaning and conceptual structure | 第21-22页 |
| ·Meaning and semantic frame | 第22-23页 |
| ·Meaning and meaning-text theory | 第23-24页 |
| ·From the perspective of lexicography | 第24-31页 |
| ·Practice and achievements on ELDs | 第24-27页 |
| ·Research on CFL pedagogical lexicography | 第27-31页 |
| Chapter Three Meaning Driven Theory and Multi-dimensional Definition | 第31-40页 |
| ·The conception of MDT | 第31-34页 |
| ·MDD principles | 第34-36页 |
| ·MDD in conceptual meaning module | 第36-40页 |
| ·Proposition principle | 第37页 |
| ·Meaning decomposition principle | 第37页 |
| ·Maximum set principle | 第37-38页 |
| ·Semantic hierarchy principle | 第38页 |
| ·Semantic frame principle | 第38-39页 |
| ·Additional meaning principle | 第39-40页 |
| Chapter Four Comparative Analysis of the Definition Samples | 第40-54页 |
| ·Definition of nouns | 第40-45页 |
| ·Definition of verbs | 第45-49页 |
| ·Definition by synonyms | 第45-46页 |
| ·Definition and semantic frame | 第46-48页 |
| ·Definition and communicative pattern | 第48-49页 |
| ·Adjectives | 第49-52页 |
| ·Definition by synonyms | 第49-51页 |
| ·Other inaccurate definitions | 第51-52页 |
| ·Summary | 第52-54页 |
| Chapter Five Application of MDD in CFL Dictionary Definition | 第54-65页 |
| ·Application of the proposition principle | 第54-56页 |
| ·Application of the meaning decomposition principle and maximum set principle | 第56-58页 |
| ·Application of the semantic hierarchy principle | 第58-61页 |
| ·Application of the semantic frame principle | 第61-63页 |
| ·Application of additional meaning principle | 第63-65页 |
| Chapter Six Conclusion | 第65-68页 |
| ·Major findings of the study | 第65-66页 |
| ·Implications of the study | 第66页 |
| ·Limitations of the study and suggestion for further research | 第66-68页 |
| Bibliography | 第68-72页 |