词是语言表意的基本单位，脱离词汇，人们无法进行交流与沟通。为了让大学生全面了解英语词汇的演变和发展，以及词汇的内部结构特征，从而扩大词汇量，提高正确使用词汇的能力，编者编写了这本《大学实用英语词汇教程》。
本书体现了“理论为基础，自主趣味学”的理念，由三大板块构成：词汇学理论、分类词根和主题分类词汇。
本书突出实用性，通过向学生介绍词汇的历史、来源等，给学生提供分析词汇、了解词汇的新途径，使学生在英语学习过程中能利用学到的理论和方法来分析词汇，提高英语学习的乐趣和效率。

Part I Lexicology
Chapter One Basic Concepts of Words and Vocabulary
Chapter Two The Development of English Vocabulary
Chapter Three Word Formation
Chapter Four Word Meaning
Chapterr Five Sense Relations
Chapter Six Changes in Word Meaning
Chapter Seven Meaning and Context
Chapter Eight Collocation
Part II Basic Roots and Words
Theme One 生命之旅
Theme Two 敢作敢为-1
Theme Two 敢作敢为-2
Theme Two 敢作敢为-3
Theme Two 敢作敢为-4
Theme Two 敢作敢为-5
Theme Three 听说睹写-1
Theme Three 听说睹写-2
Theme Four 喜恶悲惧
Theme Five 心灵世界
Theme Six 自然宇宙
Theme Seven 战争之束
Theme Eight 法治社会
Part III Vocabulary in Context
Topic One Weather
Topic Two Health
Topic Three Character
Topic Four Crime
Topic Five At Home
Topic Six Money
Topic Seven Arts
Topic Eight Education
Topic Nine Sports
Keys to Exercises
Part I Lexicology
Part II Basic Roots and Words
Part III Vocabulary in Context
Appendixes
Appendix One Indo-European Language Family
Appendix Two Index of Roots
Appendix Three List of Common Prefixes
Appendix Four List of Common Suffixes
References