怎样使用精炼简洁的表达方式

在英语写作中，尤其是对于学术写作，精炼简洁属于极其重要的要求。我们在课上一再强调，学术写作追求目标其实就是两个——清楚和简洁，clear and concise。也就是如何在不丢失含义的基础上，用最简短的方式来表达。

满足了这两个目标，再来讨论如何造句优美有文学性。

这两个目标看起来简单，但想真正做好其实是需要深厚的写作功底的。我们今天就从简单着手，给大家介绍一个列表，如何把一些常用的冗长表达短语，也就是所谓的inflated phrases，用简短单词来表达，同时又不丢失任何含义。

Inflated phrases 冗长短语	Concise substitutes简洁表达
along the line of	like
as a matter of fact	in fact
at all time	always
at the present time	now, currently
because of/due to the fact that	because
be means of	by
draw to your attention	point out
each and every	each
end result	result
for the purpose of	for
for the reason that	because
have the ability to	be able to, can
in light of the fact that	because
in order to	to
in regards to	on, about
in spite of	although, though, despite
in the event that	if
in the final analysis	finally
in the nature of	like
in the neighborhood of	about
make decisions about	decide on
one and the same	the same
on the occasion of	when
the majority of	most
until such time as	until
with reference to	of, on, for, about
whether or not	whether