Kafkaesque，卡夫卡式的；恐怖而怪诞的. Internet of Kafkaesque Things
apt, opportune, propitious, felicitous, 恰好的；适当的；felicitous writings
jarring，刺耳，不和谐，combinations of nouns and gerunds can also be jarring.
gerunds, 动词+ing的动名词
leeway, 自由活动的空间, whatever leeway you allow yourself in doing X
scarecrow，稻草人
mannequin，时装模特
frivolous，无价值的，轻浮
incongruity，不调和；不相称；不协调的事物
palatable，可口的；味美的；愉悦的
androcentrism，男性主义
ghetto, 贫民区，聚居地
interstitial, 间质的；组织间隙的
muzzle, 炮口；枪口；（狗、马等动物的）口鼻；（防止动物咬人的）口套
snitch, 告密
hypocrite, 伪君子
corroborate, 确证（陈述、理论等）
A panda walks into a café. He orders a sandwich, eats it, then draws a gun and proceeds to fire it at the other patrons.
“Why?” asks the confused, surviving waiter amidst the carnage, as the panda makes towards the exit. The panda produces a badly punctuated wildlife manual and tosses it over his shoulder.
“Well, I’m a panda,” he says. “Look it up.”
The waiter turns to the relevant entry in the manual and, sure enough, finds an explanation. “Panda. Large black-and-white bear-like mammal, native to China. Eats, shoots and leaves.”
For papers with more than two authors, you may refer to the paper using the last name of the first author plus “et al.” (for example, “Sinnokrot et al.”), OR using the last name of the corresponding author plus “and co-workers” (for example, “Head-Gordon and co-workers”).[^sherrill]
Try to use “computations,” instead of “calculations.” Especially avoid the phrase “ran calculations.”
If you wish to refer to a paper with only two authors, do not use et al. Instead, list both authors (e.g., “Sinnokrot and Sherrill”).
Use kcal mol−1, not kcal/mol.
Don’t use the word “numbers” in a context where you mean “values,” e.g., don’t say “Our results are more reliable than the previously reported numbers.”
Avoid the phrase “we looked at.” Try “we considered.”
Use the past tense when reporting the previous research of others (“Bandura reported…”), how you conducted your study (“Observers were posted behind…”) and specific past behaviors of your participants (“Two of the men talked…”). Use the present tense for results currently in front of the reader (“As Table 2 shows, the negative film is more effective …”) and for conclusions that are more general than the specific results (“Positive emotions, then, are more easily expressed when…”).
It is no longer considered appropriate to objectify them by calling them subjects. Instead use descriptive terms that ei- ther identify them more specifically or that acknowledge their roles as partners in the research process, such as college students, children, individuals, partici- pants, interviewees, or respondents.
he/she or s/he are unpronounceable and grate on the eye. Don’t use them.
Don’t use nouns such as neurotics, schizophrenics, manic-depressives, the mentally retarded, or even the disabled. In general, the preferred forms of description are “person with ____” or “person living with _” or “person who has______.”
Compared with versus Compared to.
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[^sherrill]: Writing Journal Articles (Sherrill).pdf