世界日報
- A Complete Dictionary of English Phrases
The readable advertisement offers a work titled 英文習語大全 and prints the English title “A Complete Dictionary of English Phrases” with “Bilingual Explanations,” naming the Commercial Press. This partial reading covers the titles, English description and publisher name only. It records a book advertisement rather than a news article and supplies no unread price or sales claim.
Partial reading of an advertisement: Chinese dictionary title, printed English title and description, and publisher name in the upper-center Commercial Press panel only.
Translation
A Complete Dictionary of English Phrases
A Complete Dictionary of English Phrases
A Complete Dictionary of English Phrases
With Bilingual Explanations
The Commercial Press
Context
Learning expressions, not just words
An idiom or phrase dictionary promises help with combinations whose meaning and use cannot always be understood word by word. The advertisement addresses a reader moving beyond a simple vocabulary list toward the ability to read and use English expressions.
What bilingual explanations offered
The description emphasizes explanations in two languages. For a learner, that format offers a bridge between an unfamiliar English expression and a language already understood. The English title printed beside the Chinese title also makes the product’s language-learning purpose visible on the newspaper page.
A publisher built around education
The Commercial Press was founded in Shanghai in 1897 and developed from printing into educational and cultural publishing. This dictionary advertisement fits that broader business: supplying tools for learning, and reaching prospective readers through the everyday newspaper.
Original
英文習語大全
英文習語大全
A Complete Dictionary of
English Phrases
With Bilingual Explanations
商務印書館