期刊名称：International Institute for Asian Studies Annual Report
出版年度：2004
期号：33
出版社：International Institute for Asian Studies
摘要：When we try to state the meaningof a word, there is a very realdanger of getting 'tangled up' in otherwords. Most dictionaries fall into thistrap because they do not observe aseemingly obvious principle: to explainthe meaning of a word, one has to useother words that are simpler and easi-er to understand. Otherwise the defini-tions become circular, obscure, andinaccurate. We can see this in theOxford Dictionary, when it defines sadas 'sorrowful, mournful, showing orcausing sorrow', then sorrowas 'men-tal distress caused by the loss of goodor occurrence of evil', and distress'severe pressure of pain, sorrow, etc.anguish'
