- 複述論文的motivation，可以這麼說：
- This study set out to …（該研究旨在……）
- This paper has argued that（認爲） …
- This essay has discussed the reasons for …
- In this investigation, the aim was to assess …（在此調查中，目的是評估……）
- The aim of the present research was to examine …（本研究的目的是檢查……）
- The purpose of the current study was to determine …
- The main goal of the current study was to determine …
- This project/studies was undertaken to design … and evaluate …（該項目/研究旨在設計…和評估……）
- The present study was designed to determine the effect of …(本研究旨在確定…的作用。)
- The second aim of this study was to investigate the effects of … (這項研究的第二個目的是調查…的影響/作用。)
- 總結文章的結果或者結論，可以這麼說：
- This study has identified …（這項研究確定了……）
- This study has shown that …
- The research has also shown that …
- The second major finding was that …
- These experiments confirmed that …
- This study has found that generally …（這項研究發現，一般而言…）
- The investigation of X has shown that …
- The results of this investigation show that …
- The most obvious finding to emerge from this study is that …（這項研究最明顯的發現是…）
- The relevance of X is clearly supported by the current findings. （X的相關性顯然得到了當前發現的支持。）
- One of the more significant findings to emerge from this study is that …（這項研究得出的更重要的發現之一是……）
- 強調contribution，可以這麼來：
- The findings will be of interest to …（研究結果將對……感興趣。）
- This thesis has provided a deeper insight into …
- The study contributes to our understanding of …（該研究有助於我們對……的理解。）
- These results add to the rapidly expanding field of …（這些結果增加了…領域的快速發展。)
- This project/study is the first comprehensive investigation of …（該項目/研究是對……的首次綜合調查。）
- The insights gained from this study may be of assistance to …（從這項研究中獲得的見解可能有助於…）
- This approach will prove useful in expanding our understanding of how …（這種方法將有助於擴大我們對……的認識。）
- The findings from this study make several contributions to the current literature. First,…（這項研究的發現爲當前文獻做出了一些貢獻。 第一，…）
- These findings contribute in several ways to our understanding of X and provide a basis for …（這些發現以多種方式有助於我們對X的理解，併爲…提供了基礎。）
- 簡單說一下工作的不足（不用太過於謙虛哦）：
- A limitation of this study is that …
- Being limited to X, this study lacks …（由於受X的限制，這項研究缺乏…）
- The major limitation of this study is the …
- This study was limited by the absence of …（這項研究由於缺乏……而受到限制。）
- X makes these findings less generalisable to …（X使這些發現難以推廣到……）
- The scope of this study was limited in terms of …（這項研究的範圍受到以下方面的限制：）
- An issue that was not addressed in this study was whether…
- 暢想future work，可以這麼寫：
- The question raised by this study is …
- This would be a fruitful area for further work.（這將是一個富有成果的領域，需要進一步的工作。）
- Several questions still remain to be answered.
- More broadly, research is also needed to determine …（更廣泛地說，還需要進行研究以確定……）
- A further study could assess the long-term effects of …（進一步的研究可以評估…的長期影響。）
- The precise mechanism of X in Y remains to be elucidated.（X在Y中的精確機制還有待闡明。）
- These findings provide the following insights for future research: …（這些發現爲未來的研究提供了以下見解：…）
- The issue of X is an intriguing one which could be usefully explored in further research.（X問題是一個有趣的問題，可以在進一步的研究中加以有益地探討。）