l dentifying a weakness in a single study or paper
指出具体某一项研究或论文中的弱点
(However,)
①XX fails to fully define what …
②XX fails to acknowledge the significance of …
③The author overlooks the fact that X contributes to Y.
④What XX fails to do is to draw a distinction between …
⑤The paper would appear to be over-ambitious in its claims.
⑥Another weakness is that we are given no explanation of how …
⑦No atempt was made to quantify the association between X and
⑧The main weakness of the study is the failure to address how …
⑨The study fails to consider the difering categories of damage that …
⑩The rescarch docs not take into account pre-cxisting … such as …
①①The author offers no explanation for the distinction between X and Y.
①②XX makes no attempt to differentiate between different types of
Identifying a weakness in a single study or paper
指出具体某一项研究或论文中的弱点
XX /The paper /The book
fails to 1 does not /makes no attempt to
①specify ..
②quantify ..
③compare …
④separate ..
⑤account for ..
⑥suggest why ..
⑦analyse how …
⑧ascertain whether …
⑨distinguish between …
⑩Dexplain the meaning of …
①①provide information on …
①②address the question of…
I dentifying a weakness in a single study or paper
指出具体某一项研究或论文中的弱点
XX /The paper /The book
fails to / does not /makes no attempt to
①③assess the effectiveness of ..
①④use a standardised method of ..
①⑤give sufficient consideration to ….
①⑥consider the long term impact of ..
①⑦offer an adequate explanation for …
①⑧engage with current discourses on …
①⑨determine the underlying causes of …
②⑩systemaically review all the relevant lteature.
Offering constructive suggestions
提出建设性的建议
①The study would have been more interesting if it had included …
②These studies would have been more useful if they had focused on
③The study would have been more relevant if the researchers had asked
④The questionnaire would have been more useful if it had asked participants about
⑤The research would have been more relevant if a wider range of X had been explored.
