英文構句需要注意的一點

02-27

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在構造英文句子時，中國作者常常在寫核心內容前先描述目的、地點、時間、原因等，如：

For the application in automobile interiors, this paper studies the nesting optimization problem in leather manufacturing.

這樣不符合英文的思維習慣，英文喜歡開門見山，通常把核心內容放在最前面，如：

This paper studies the nesting optimization problem in leather manufacturing for application in automobile interiors.

又如:

Especially when numerical control (NC) techniques are widely used in industry and rapid prototype methods bring huge economical benefits, the advantage of constructing 3D model becomes extremely obvious.

以上這句話就不如寫成：

The advantage of constructing a 3D model becomes extremely obvious especially when numerical control (NC) techniques are widely used in industry and rapid prototype methods bring huge economical benefits.

其他例子：

欠妥: Inside the test box, the space was filled with asbestos.
較好: The space inside the test box was filled with asbestos.
欠妥: In practice, we employed this approach to dispose of a wheelhouse subassembly of one kind of auto-body, and the results show that this method is feasible.
較好: We employed this approach to dispose of a wheelhouse subassembly of one kind of auto-body, and the results show that this method is feasible.
欠妥: To ensure sheet metal quality as well as assembly quality, CMMs are widely used in automotive industry production.
較好: CMMs are widely used in automotive industry production to ensure sheet metal quality as well as assembly quality.
欠妥：When U is taken as the control parameter, the BDs for Δ =0.0, 0.001, 0.005 are shown in Fig. 8.
較好：Figure 8 shows the BDs for Δ =0.0, 0.001, and 0.005 when U is taken as the control parameter.
欠妥：Based on the triangulation structure built from unorganized points or a CAD model, the extended STL format is described in this section.
較好：The extended STL format is described in this section based on the triangulation structure built from unorganized points or a CAD model.

來源：The Most Common Habits from more than 200 English Papers written by Graduate Chinese Engineering Students （By Felicia Brittman）