这是一本关于思想的词典，一本关于如何用英语表达思想的词典；“本书的目标是帮助中高级水平的学生进行语言表达，换句话说，就是对他们的思想进行编码”。

• It is a dictionary of ideas and how to express them in English,"aimed at helping intermediate to advanced students produce language, in other words, to encode their ideas."