| Abstract | 第1-6页 |
| Acknowledgement. | 第6-10页 |
| Chapter one Introduction | 第10-13页 |
| ·The Motive of research | 第10-11页 |
| ·Content and significance of the research | 第11页 |
| ·Materials and method | 第11-12页 |
| ·Material | 第11页 |
| ·Research method | 第11-12页 |
| ·Structure of this thesis | 第12-13页 |
| Chapter two Traditional Methods of Sense Ordering | 第13-20页 |
| ·Historical ordering | 第13-15页 |
| ·Logical ordering | 第15-17页 |
| ·Frequent ordering | 第17-19页 |
| ·Summary | 第19-20页 |
| Chapter three The Principles of Sense Ordering in a Learner's Dictionary | 第20-25页 |
| ·The principles of sense ordering in general dictionaries | 第20-21页 |
| ·Principles of sense ordering in a learner's dictionary | 第21-24页 |
| ·Principle of learner's dictionary making | 第21-22页 |
| ·Principles of sense ordering in a learner's dictionary | 第22-24页 |
| ·Summary | 第24-25页 |
| Chapter four Detailed Treatment of sense ordering in six current English Dictionaries | 第25-56页 |
| ·OALD6 | 第25-30页 |
| ·COBUILD | 第30-36页 |
| ·LDCE4 | 第36-40页 |
| ·CALD | 第40-44页 |
| ·MED | 第44-49页 |
| ·New Oxford | 第49-52页 |
| ·Summary | 第52-56页 |
| Chapter five Suggestions for sense ordering in English-Chinese Learner's Dictionaries | 第56-67页 |
| ·Five aspects of sense ordering:47 | 第56-58页 |
| ·Kenkyusha's Lighthouse English-Japanese Dictionary second edition. (Lighthouse) | 第58-59页 |
| ·The revelation of semantic and derivative relations between senses and idioms, fixed phrases, collocations and derivatives and frequency of idioms, fixed phrases and collocations | 第59-60页 |
| ·A better method of sense ordering-suggestions for sense ordering in English-Chinese learner's dictionaries | 第60-65页 |
| ·Summary | 第65-67页 |
| Chapter six Conclusion | 第67-71页 |
| ·Major points | 第67-68页 |
| ·Merits of the new method | 第68页 |
| ·Practical value | 第68-69页 |
| ·Limitations | 第69-71页 |
| Bibliography | 第71-74页 |
| Dictionaries Cited | 第74-75页 |
| Appendix 1 | 第75-80页 |
| Appendix 2 | 第80-82页 |
| Appendix 3 | 第82-83页 |
