reference work

基本解释

It may be the gold-standard reference work in the English language, but no one cares.
它也许是英语语言当中最最标准的参考丛书，可是没有人在乎这个。
Through the work of these individuals, Wikipedia has become the largest general reference work in history.
通过这些个人的劳动，维基百科已经成为历史上最大的百科参考著作。
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.
作为英语语言的顶级参考工具，大不列颠根本不需要为自己做广告来吸引访问者—它只需敞开大门就可以了。

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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