副詞「respectively」經常被非英語母語的人錯誤地使用。在這篇短文中,我們討論了「separately」的正確用法,重點是它在SCI論文中的使用。
「rseparately」是指「分別,按前面提到的順序」。它用於描述前文中提到的2項,或多項事件。一般在如果沒有使用「separately」,句子意思就會不清楚的情況下使用。
「respectively」經常用來縮減篇幅:
1. Trimethoprim and sulfamethoxazole are selective inhibitors of CYP2C9, respectively.Reason: This is incorrect because there is only one item, CYP2C9, for two items, trimethoprim and sulfamethoxazole, to correspond to. Removing 『respectively』 would not change the meaning of this sentence, therefore it should not be included(這裡只有CYP2C9一個事件,去掉respectively不會改變句子意思).2. Highly selective ratiometric fluorescent sensing for Hg2+ and Au3+, respectively, in aqueous media.Reason: This is incorrect because there are two items, Hg2+ and Au3+, for one item, highly selective ratiometric fluorescent sensing, to correspond to. Removing 『respectively』 would not change the meaning of this sentence, therefore it should not be included(這裡雖然後兩個事件Hg2+ and Au3+,但是這兩個事件不是分別的關係).3. Maturation of sympathicoblastoma into ganglioneuroma. A report of two patients with 20- and 46-year survivals, respectively.Reason: This is incorrect because the two patients have not been differentiated, therefore the 20-year survival and 46-year survival do not correspond to any specific patient(這裡20-year survival and 46-year survival 並不是和前面兩個patients分別的關係,而是這兩個患者同時都具有20-year survival and 46-year survival ).標點符號
如果出現在句尾,需要在 『respectively』之前使用一個逗號.The aperture and beam efficiencies were X and Y, respectively.如果出現在句中國,需要在 『respectively』前後各使用一個逗號.The aperture and beam efficiencies were X and Y, respectively, at a beamwidth of Z.