SCI论⽂写作:如何在学术写作中避免使⽤短语动词
短语动词实际上是由两个或两个以上的单词组成的动词:主动词加副词或介词,或者两者都加。把这些词组合起来使⽤会使它们的意思不同于单独使⽤的词。这使得⾮英语为母语的⼈很难理解它们。
例如,“carry”这个词的意思是“把某物从⼀个地⽅带到另⼀个地⽅”。⽽“out”这个词有多种含义,包括“从某个特定的地⽅搬⾛;离某⼀特定距离的;显⽰;完成了。然⽽,当组合使⽤时,“carry out”是⼀个短语动词,意思是“执⾏或完成”。
在SCI论⽂写作中使⽤短语动词
虽然短语动词在英语⼝语中是可以接受的,但在SCI论⽂写作中,它们经常被认为过于⾮正式。此外,短语动词通常有多种含义。你的⽬标是⽤⼀种简洁的语⾔来写你的论⽂,使你的⼯作清晰⽽简洁。因此,建议⽤正式的单字替代短语动词。
短语动词的类型
不及物动词短语(没有宾语)和及物动词短语(有宾语)之间有进⼀步的区别。例如:
不及物动词:They “t out” to prove that…
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香肠鸡蛋炒饭及物动词:This “ts off” the reaction…
与不及物动词相反,在使⽤及物动词短语时,动词和副词可以在句⼦中分开,例如:
This “ts” the reaction “off.”懂你更多
此外,如果(在及物形式中)宾语是代词,则代词必须放在助词之前:
This “ts off” the reaction.
This “ts” the reaction “off.”
This “ts” it “off.” (NEVER This “ts off it.”)
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如上所述,短语动词可以有⼏种意思。因此,在SCI论⽂写作中使⽤它们可能会使句⼦的意思不清楚。看看短语动词“cut out”在这个例⼦中的⽤法:
成功与失败The results suggest that it would be best to cut out sugar from one’s diet.
胃乐新“Cut out”有很多意思,取决于它在句⼦中的上下⽂。其中⼀些含义如下:
Delete or remove (e.g., The irrelevant paragraph was cut out)
Shape by cutting (e.g., The DNA model was cut out using scissors)
Suit or equip (e.g., She was not cut out for the task)
Cea operating (e.g., The engine cut out)
Exclude (e.g., Group 2 had sugar cut out of their diet)
因此,⼀个词的选择是必要的,以确保读者理解你的句⼦的真正意义。如果把上⾯的句⼦写成这样,会更清楚、更正式:
exclude sugar from one’s diet.
The results suggest that it would be best to exclude
在学术写作中应该避免使⽤短语动词
有些短语动词对于你的SCI论⽂或报告来说太不正式了。以下是⼀些不合适的短语动词的例⼦。可以代替这些短语动词的单个动词已包括在括号内: Lots of (numerous)
Get up (ri or increa)
个数英文Put into (contribute)
Find out (discover)
Looked at (discovered)
长期熬夜怎么调整回来Got together (merged)
Accounted for (explained)
Brought about (caud)
Cut out (deleted, cleaved, suited)
学术写作中可接受的动词短语
⼀如既往,凡事也有例外。在写学术报告时,你可以使⽤⼀些可接受的和常⽤的动词短语。下⾯以粗体字举例:
We carried out an experiment…
This experiment consists of three…
As discusd by Jones et al., …
The recommendations are bad on …
Each test was subjected to …
你在阅读期刊⽂章时遇到过动词短语吗?它们是否混淆了作者的意图?