如何使英语论文语句更简练?
国内的大多数英文文章都掺杂了很多高级的词汇、大量的短语词组和复杂的句式句型,有时候糅合太多,反而会显得文章冗赘啰嗦,甚是尴尬。学会适当减持你的语言,好的文章应该是简洁凝练的。Never use ten words where five will do.
国内的大多数英文文章都掺杂了很多高级的词汇、大量的短语词组和复杂的句式句型,有时候糅合太多,反而会显得文章冗赘啰嗦,甚是尴尬。学会适当减持你的语言,好的文章应该是简洁凝练的。Never use ten words where five will do.
如何使英语论文语句更简练呢?
一、简化句子结构,增强活力和表现力
(1) 以it,here, or there be开头且指引的是句中的名词,同时句子里常常跟上to be/ to do的句子结构,比如it is, it was, here is, there is, therewill be……这些结构往往不再强调句中实际的驱动者成分,把true driver的意义稀释了,而且这种结构通常需要其他关系词来支撑和联接,如who, that and when,进一步dilute你的文章。比如:
✗ Wordy:It's fun to editing.
✔ Concise:Editing is fun.
✗Wordy:Here are some things to consider:
✔Concise:Some things to consider are:
(2) 把伴随动作状语改成副词,比如:
✗Wordy:Sympathizing with her concerns, he nodded in response to her complaint.
✔Concise:He nodded sympathetically in response to her complaint.
(3) 适当地把后置定语从句改成前置形容词,比如:
✗Wordy:Do not try to anticipate those events that will completely revolutionize society.
✔Concise:Do not try to anticipate revolutionary events.
(4) 介词短语改写,比如:
✗Wordy: Make sure you approach the conversation in a careful way.
✔Concise: Make sure you approach the conversation carefully.
(5)“which is” 、 “who were”等有时可以删除但保留原义且无伤语法,比如:
✗Wordy:We drove down Lombard Street, which is considered the crookedest street in the world.
✔Concise:We drove down Lombard Street,considered the crookedest street in the world.
二、可以用动词来描述的时候就尽量避开弱化语气的名词化表达
比如当你看到“verb+ a/an noun” 的组合结构,直接用实义动词来代替该短语,简化句子的同时增强句子活力。比如:
✗Wordy:The report gave an analysis of the accident.
✔Concise:The report analyzed the accident.
✗Wordy:Alcohol is the cause of hangovers.
✔Concise:Alcohol causes hangovers.
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