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一、柯林斯英語語料庫（the Bank of English）簡介
柯林斯英語語料庫（the Bank of English）為目前世界三大著名語料庫之一，該語料庫（The Bank of English）為英國伯明翰大學與Harper Collins出版社合作建立的COBUILD語料庫的一部分，目前固定在4.5億詞的規模，可以在線檢索。
柯林斯英語語料庫（the Bank of English）是從20世紀80年代開始在John Sinclair教授指導下建立的主要應用于詞典編撰的一個大規模語料庫。目前Harper Collins出版社已根據該語料庫編撰出版了多本非常有影響的英語詞，比如：Collins Unabridged English Dictionary，Collins Essential English Dictionary，Collins Pocket English Dictionary，Collins Essential Thesaurus (A-Z)，Collins Pocket Thesaurus，等等。
二、柯林斯英語語料庫（the Bank of English）地址：
http://www.collinslanguage.com/wordbanks/
三、柯林斯英語語料庫（the Bank of English）有關說明
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