| Acknowledgements | 第1-8页 |
| Abstract | 第8-9页 |
| 摘要 | 第9-12页 |
| List of Figures | 第12-13页 |
| List of Tables | 第13-14页 |
| List of Abbreviations | 第14-15页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第15-22页 |
| ·Significance of discriminating English equivalents in CE dictionaries | 第16-19页 |
| ·Objectives of the present study | 第19页 |
| ·Conception of the present study | 第19-20页 |
| ·Outline of the thesis | 第20-22页 |
| Chapter Two Previous Studies on Near-synonyms | 第22-39页 |
| ·Definitions of near-synonyms | 第22-24页 |
| ·Origin and features of near-synonyms | 第24-27页 |
| ·The origin and different types of near-synonyms | 第24-25页 |
| ·Features of near-synonyms | 第25-27页 |
| ·Discrimination of near-synonyms | 第27-29页 |
| ·Representations of near-synonyms in different dictionaries | 第29-36页 |
| ·Near-synonyms in specialized dictionaries of synonyms | 第30-32页 |
| ·Near-synonyms in general dictionaries | 第32-36页 |
| ·English equivalents discrimination in CE Dictionaries | 第36-38页 |
| ·Summary | 第38-39页 |
| Chapter Three Theoretical Framework of the Present Study | 第39-49页 |
| ·The necessity of English equivalents discrimination in CE dictionaries | 第39-41页 |
| ·Theories employed in the discrimination of English equivalents | 第41-46页 |
| ·Componential Analysis Theory | 第42-43页 |
| ·Prototype Theory | 第43-44页 |
| ·Lexical Field Theory | 第44页 |
| ·Theory of word meaning and meaning function | 第44-46页 |
| ·Criteria of equivalents discrimination | 第46-47页 |
| ·Summary | 第47-49页 |
| Chapter Four Discrimination of English Equivalents in CE Dictionaries | 第49-64页 |
| ·An overview of the present CE dictionaries | 第49-50页 |
| ·Insuffciencies in equivalents discrimination | 第50-54页 |
| ·Subjectivity in the determination of English equivalents | 第50-51页 |
| ·Lack of equivalents discrimination | 第51-52页 |
| ·Insufficient equivalents discrimination | 第52-54页 |
| ·A Model proposed for the discrimination of English equivalents | 第54-59页 |
| ·A brief review | 第54-55页 |
| ·A Tentative discrimination model | 第55-59页 |
| ·Representation of equivalents discrimination in CE dictionaries | 第59-63页 |
| ·Definition discrimination | 第59-60页 |
| ·Collocation and example discrimination | 第60页 |
| ·Brackets explanation discrimination | 第60-61页 |
| ·Semantic grid discrimination | 第61-62页 |
| ·Picture,table,and diagram illustration discrimination | 第62-63页 |
| ·Special column discrimination | 第63页 |
| ·Summary | 第63-64页 |
| Chapter Five Conclusion | 第64-67页 |
| ·Findings of the present study | 第64-65页 |
| ·Limitations of the present study | 第65页 |
| ·Suggestions for future research | 第65-67页 |
| Bibliography | 第67-70页 |
