英文论文中常用术语

AN EXPLANATION OF PHRASES COMMONLY USED IN SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE 



"IT HAS LONG BEEN KNOWN..." - I didn't look up the original reference.

"A DEFINITE TREND IS EVIDENT" - These data are practically meaningless.

"WHILE IT HAS NOT BEEN POSSIBLE TO PROVIDE DEFINITE ANSWERS TO THE QUESTIONS

..." - An unsuccessful experiment, but I still hope to get it published.


"THREE OF THE SAMPLES WERE CHOSEN FOR DETAILED STUDY" - The other results

didn't make any sense.

"TYPICAL RESULTS ARE SHOWN" - This is the prettiest graph.

"THESE RESULTS WILL BE IN A SUBSEQUENT REPORT" - I might get around to this

sometime, if pushed and/or funded.

"IN MY EXPERIENCE" - Once.

"IN CASE AFTER CASE" - Twice.

"IN A SERIES OF CASES" - Thrice.

"IT IS BELIEVED THAT" - I think.

"IT IS GENERALLY BELIEVED THAT" - A couple of others think so, too.

"CORRECT WITHIN AN ORDER OF MAGNITUDE" - Wrong.

"ACCORDING TO STATISTICAL ANALYSIS" - Rumor has it.

"A STATISTICALLY-ORIENTED PROJECTION OF THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THESE FINDINGS

" - A wild guess.

"A CAREFUL ANALYSIS OF OBTAINABLE DATA" - Three pages of notes were obliterated
when I knocked over a glass of beer.

"IT IS CLEAR THAT MUCH ADDITIONAL WORK WILL BE REQUIRED BEFORE A COMPLETE

UNDERSTANDING OF THIS PHENOMENON OCCURS" - I don't understand it.

"AFTER ADDITIONAL STUDY BY MY COLLEAGUES" - They don't understand it either

.

"THANKS ARE DUE TO JOE BLOTZ FOR ASSISTANCE WITH THE EXPERIMENT AND TO CINDY
ADAMS FOR VALUABLE DISCUSSIONS" - Mr. Blotz did the work and Ms. Adams explaine
to me what it meant.

"A HIGHLY SIGNIFICANT AREA FOR EXPLORATORY STUDY" - A totally useless topic

selected by my committee.

"IT IS HOPED THAT THIS STUDY WILL STIMULATE FURTHER INVESTIGATION IN THIS

FIELD" - I quit.