这两个词的混淆之处在于它们既可以是名词也可以是动词。如果你问某人,“studies”和“researches”的意思相同吗?你可能会听到“是的”,但只有当它们作为动词使用时才是正确的。作为名词,它们有微妙的不同含义。
"This team has done a lot of good research. I just read their latest study, which they wrote about calcium in germinating soybeans. It described several interesting experiments."
作动词(verbs):
research: 1. 进行系统的调查
1. "What kind of scientist is he? He's a botanist. He researches plants."
study: 1. 进行系统的调查; 2. 积极学习或记忆学术材料
1. "What kind of scientist is he? He's a botanist. He studies plants."
2. "Mindy studies every day. That is why she gets such excellent grades. She wants to go to college to study math."
作名词(nouns):
有些作者把“study”的意思改成了“research”。“Research”作为动词,意思是“进行一项或多项研究”,但“Research”作为名词是指多项研究的总和。“Chemical research”是指所有化学研究的总和。如果你发现自己在写“a research”或“in this research”,把它改成“a study”或“in this study”。
research:进行研究的行为还有研究结果。注意!!!research是一个名词。它在意义上已经是复数,但在语法上是单数。如果你想要指明不止一种类型,就说“bodies of research”或“pieces of research”,而不是“researches”。
"Dr. Lee was a prolific scientist. She performed a great deal of research over her long career."
study:单一的研究项目或论文。
"Dr. Lee was a prolific scientist. She performed a great many studies over her long career."
The noun "study" refers to a single paper or project. You can replace "paper" with "study" in almost all cases (but not always the other way around), to the point where you can say "I wrote a study." The noun "research" means more like a whole body of research including many individual studies: The research of a field. The lifetime achievements of a scientist or research team.
名词“study”指的是一篇论文或一个项目。几乎在所有情况下,你都可以把“paper”换成“study”(但反过来并不一定对),甚至可以说“I written a study”。名词“research”更像是指包括许多个别研究在内的一整套研究(一个领域的研究)。或者成就(科学家或研究团队的毕生成就)。
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