100+ Strong Verbs That Will Make Your Research Writing Amazing
100多個能夠讓你的論文更加精采的動詞

Source(資料來源): https://wordvice.com/recommended-verbs-for-research-writing/

The academic community can be conservative when it comes to writing styles, but your writing shouldn’t be so boring that people lose interest midway through the first paragraph! Given that competition is at an all-time high for academics looking to publish their papers, we know you must be anxious about what you can do to improve your publishing odds. To be sure, your research must be sound. But it also must be clearly explained. So, how do you go about achieving the latter?

學術界上的寫作風格可能相對的保守,但是這不表示你寫的東西就該讓人感到無聊,甚至才閱讀到第一段就讓人失去興趣!一直以來,學者間爭奪論文出版機會的競爭都非常激烈,你肯定也迫切想知道怎樣才能提高你的出版機會。當然,你的研究必須要合理,但同時它的內容也必須要被解釋清楚。所以問題來了,你該怎麼做才能達到後者呢?
 

Below are a few ways to breathe life into your writing.

以下的幾種方法可以為你的寫作注入活力。

 

1. Analyze vocabulary with word clouds

1用文字雲分析詞彙

Have you heard of the website, Wordle? It’s a word-cloud generation site, and if you click on “Create your own,” copy and paste your draft manuscript into the text box that appears, you may quickly discover how repetitive your writing is!
你有聽說過Wordle這個網站嗎?它是一個文字雲產生器網站,如果您點擊「自己創建」,並將文稿複製或黏貼在網站顯示的文本框之中,你可以立即看到你這篇文章中文字使用的重複度有多少!

Seeing a visual word cloud of your work might also help you assess the key themes and points readers will glean from your paper. If the Wordle result displays words you hadn’t intended to emphasize, then it’s a sign you should revise your paper to make sure readers will focus on the right information. *Your browser will need access to Java to run the Wordle applet.

這樣一個直觀的文字雲有助於幫你評估讀者能夠從你的論文中看到哪些關鍵的主題和要點。如果你從文字雲中看到你不想強調的單字,那你可能需要修改論文,確保讀者能夠關注正確的訊息。*你的瀏覽器需要安裝Java才能運行Wordle

As an example, below is a Wordle of our recent article entitled, “How to Choose the Best title for Your Journal Manuscript.” You can see how frequently certain terms appear in that post, based on the font size of the text. The key words, “titles,” “journal,” “research,” and “papers,” were all the intended focus of our blog post.
以下面我們最近發表的一篇文章為例,標題是「如何為你的期刊手稿選擇最佳的標題」。你可以根據文字雲中的字體大小看出某些詞彙在該帖子中出現的頻率。關鍵字像是「標題」、「期刊」、「研究」和「論文」都是這篇文章的重點。

 

2. Study language patterns of similarly published works

2研究相關的出版作品的語言模式

Study the language pattern found in the most downloaded and cited articles published by your target journal. Understanding the journal’s editorial preferences will help you write in a style that appeals to the publication’s readership.
研究那些在你想要發表的期刊上被下載最多和引用最多的文章的語言模式。在了解期刊編輯的偏好後,可以讓你寫出更符合該期刊讀者風格的文章。
Another way to analyze the language of a target journal’s papers is to use Wordle (see above). If you copy and paste the text of an article related to your research topic into the applet, you can discover the common phrases and terms the paper’s authors used.
另一種分析目標期刊文章語言的方法是使用Wordle(見上文)。你可以將與你研究主題相關的文章文本複制貼到這個小程序中,這樣可以幫你分析其他作者常使用的詞彙和術語。

For example, if you were writing a paper on links between smoking and cancer, you might look for a recent review on the topic, preferably published by your target journal. Copy and paste the text into Wordle and examine the key phrases to see if you’ve included similar wording in your own draft. The Wordle result might look like the following, based on the example linked above.
例如,假設你正在撰寫一篇關於吸煙與癌症的關聯的論文,你可能會去查最近跟這主題相關的評論,很有可能這些評論就是出自於你想要發表的期刊中。將這些文章內容複製貼到Wordle中後檢查其中的關鍵詞彙,看看是否在你自己的文稿中也包含了類似的措辭。
 

3. Use more active and precise verbs
3
使用更生動和精確的動詞
Have you heard of synonyms? Of course you have, but have you looked beyond single word replacements and rephrased entire clauses with stronger, more vivid ones? You’ll find this task is easier to do if you use the active voice more often than the passive voice. Even if you keep your original sentence structure, you can eliminate weak verbs like “be” from your drafts and choose more vivid and precise actions verbs. As always, however, be careful about using a thesaurus to identify synonyms. Make sure the substitutes fit the context in which you need a more interesting or “perfect” word.
你聽過同義詞嗎?當然。但是,除了單純的文字替換,你是否曾使用過更有力、更生動的字句重寫整個句子呢?如果你能多使用更生動的詞彙寫句子,你會發現這其實比你想得更簡單。即使保留了原始句子的結構,你也可以使用更生動、更精確的動作動詞替換掉像是「be」這種平淡的動詞。當然也要記住,在使用同義詞詞庫時要小心。必須在確保替換的單字能夠符合句子所代表的意涵之下,選出更有趣或更完美的單字。

To help you build a strong arsenal of commonly used phrases in academic papers, we’ve compiled a list of synonyms you might want to consider when drafting or revising your research paper. While we do not suggest that the phrases in the “Original Word/Phrase” column should be completely avoided, we do recommend interspersing these with the more dynamic terms found under “Recommended Substitutes.”

為了能夠讓你在學術論文撰寫中建構強大的常用詞彙庫,我們編制了一份同義詞清單,幫助你在起草或修改研究論文時得以參考。雖然我們並不建議完全避免使用「原先的單字/詞彙」欄中的字詞,但是我們建議將這些字詞穿插使用在「推薦替代詞」欄中更加生動的詞彙當中。

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