reference work

基本解釋

It may be the gold-standard reference work in the English language, but no one cares.
它也許是英語語言當(dāng)中最最標準的參考叢書，可是沒有人在乎這個。
Through the work of these individuals, Wikipedia has become the largest general reference work in history.
通過這些個人的勞動，維基百科已經(jīng)成為歷史上最大的百科參考著作。
As the gold-standard reference work in the English language, Britannica needed no advertising to bring traffic to its web servers – all it need do was open its doors.
作為英語語言的頂級參考工具，大不列顛根本不需要為自己做廣告來吸引訪問者—它只需敞開大門就可以了。

Philip Fisher, another legend whose Common Stocks and Uncommon Profits is generally considered to be the reference work on growth investing, goes entirely unmentioned.
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Published by the Department of Public Information, the 1, 795-page volume is a comprehensive and authoritative reference work in which policymakers, diplomats, researchers, academics, journalists and other readers will find coverage of the main global political, economic, social and legal developments during the year.
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