The idea for this dictionary came from an important meeting in Britain in 1857. Twenty-two years later, Oxford University asked James Murray to be the editor of its new dictionary.

这本词典的想法来自1857年在英国的一次重要会议。22年后，牛津大学邀请詹姆斯·穆雷担任其新词典的编辑。

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Things improved when a man called James Murray became the editor.

在一位叫詹姆斯·默里的人当上编辑之后情况得到了改善。

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James Murray thought it was a shame and went to personally present the award.

詹姆斯·墨里觉得很不好意思，于是亲自给他送去礼物。

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However, Dr James Murray, a consultant clinical psychologist, said a new outreach policy was a major factor.

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It's all a long way from the days of the dictionary's founder, academic Sir James Murray, who was commissioned by the Philological Society of London.

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