现有英语学习词典例证分类研究存在多个问题，涉及划分规则、归纳法的内在缺陷、不同分类之间的联系、研究者对词语知识的解码和编码作用的认识。为了克服 以往分类研究中存在的问题，本文提 出了三种新的例证分类 。

There are a number of problems with the current studies on the classification of verbal illustrations in English learner ’s dictionaries ，which concern one of the rules of dividing the extension of a concept ，the inherent flaw of the method of inductive generalization ，connections between different classifications ，and researchers ’conception of decoding and encoding as- pects of lexical knowledge． To address those problems ，the present paper proposes three new classifications of verbal illustrations．