| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第1-6页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第6-9页 |
| 摘要 | 第9-14页 |
| ABBREVIATIONS | 第14-15页 |
| LIST OF TABLES | 第15-17页 |
| LIST OF FIGURES | 第17-18页 |
| CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION | 第18-23页 |
| ·Background | 第18-20页 |
| ·Necessity of the Present Study | 第20-21页 |
| ·Significance of the Present Study | 第21-22页 |
| ·Organization of This Thesis | 第22-23页 |
| CHAPTER TWO LITERATURE REVIEW | 第23-36页 |
| ·Key Terms | 第23-25页 |
| ·Previous Studies | 第25-34页 |
| ·The Research on Near-synonym Discrimination | 第25-28页 |
| ·The Theoretical Research on Equivalent Discrimination in Lexicography | 第28-30页 |
| ·The Practice of Near-synonym Discrimination in Dictionaries | 第30-34页 |
| ·Research Gap | 第34-36页 |
| CHAPTER THREE THEORETICAL CONSIDERATIONS | 第36-51页 |
| ·A Review to the Studies on Lexical Meaning | 第36-42页 |
| ·Ogden and Richard's Definitions of Meaning | 第37-38页 |
| ·Leech's Classification of Meaning | 第38-39页 |
| ·Zgusta's Three Components of Lexical Meaning | 第39-42页 |
| ·Zgusta's Three Components of Meaning and Equivalent Discrimination in Lexicography | 第42-51页 |
| ·The Feasibility of Applying Zgusta's Study to Equivalent Discrimination | 第42-44页 |
| ·A Criterion for Equivalent Discrimination in Verb Entries | 第44-51页 |
| CHAPTER FOUR METHODOLOGY | 第51-58页 |
| ·Specific Research Questions | 第51页 |
| ·Subjects | 第51-52页 |
| ·Instruments | 第52-54页 |
| ·C-E Translation Test | 第52-53页 |
| ·Questionnaire Survey | 第53-54页 |
| ·Data Collection | 第54-56页 |
| ·Collecting Data from the C-E Translation Test and Questionnaire Survey | 第54-55页 |
| ·Collecting Data from the Dictionary Survey | 第55-56页 |
| ·Data Analysis | 第56-58页 |
| ·Analyzing the Data from the C-E Translation Test | 第56页 |
| ·Analyzing the Data from the Questionnaire Survey | 第56页 |
| ·Analyzing the Data from the Dictionary Survey | 第56-58页 |
| CHAPTER FIVE RESULTS AND DISCUSSION | 第58-80页 |
| ·Results from the C-E Translation Test | 第58-59页 |
| ·Results from the Questionnaire Survey | 第59-69页 |
| ·Results from the Dictionary Survey | 第69-73页 |
| ·The Quantity of the Equivalent Discrimination Information in Verb Entries | 第70-73页 |
| ·The Quality of the Equivalent Discrimination Information in Verb Entries | 第73页 |
| ·Suggestions for Improving the Treatment of Equivalent Discrimination in Verb Entries | 第73-80页 |
| ·Suggestions on the Content of Equivalent Discrimination in Verb Entries | 第74-77页 |
| ·Suggestions on the Ways to Present Equivalent Discrimination in Verb Entries | 第77-78页 |
| ·Suggestions on the Language of Equivalent Discrimination in Verb Entries | 第78-80页 |
| CHAPTER SIX CONCLUSION | 第80-84页 |
| ·Major Findings | 第80-81页 |
| ·Implications of the Findings | 第81-82页 |
| ·Limitations of the Study and Suggestions for Further Research | 第82-84页 |
| REFERENCES | 第84-88页 |
| APPENDIX Ⅰ C-E Translation Test | 第88-89页 |
| APPENDIX Ⅱ Mini-dictionary | 第89-90页 |
| APPENDIX Ⅲ Questionnaire | 第90-94页 |
| APPENDIX Ⅳ The Sample Entries from C-E Dictionaries | 第94-98页 |
