1. These tests revealed / showed / highlighted that … Strong / Some / No evidence of X was found … 2. Interestingly / Surprisingly / Unexpectedly, for high values of X, Y was found ..3. There was a significant positive / no correlation between …4. On average / Generally speaking / Broadly speaking, we found values for X of … The average / mean score for X was …5. This result is significant only / exclusively at an X level.6. Further analysis / analyses / tests / examinations / replications showed that …
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陈述研究未发现情况
1. No significant difference / correlation was found / identified / revealed / detected / observed / highlighted between ….2. There were no significant differences between X and Y in terms of Z / with regard to Z / as far as Z is concerned.3. The analysis did not show / reveal / identify / confirm any significant differences between … None of these differences were / Not one of these differences was statistically significant.4. Overall / Taken as a whole / Generally speaking / With a few exceptions, our results show X did not affect Y.
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表明研究结果证实了先前的证据
1. Our experiments confirm / corroborate / are in line with / are consistent with previous results [Wiley 2009].2. The values are barely / scarcely / hardly distinguishable from [Li 2010] who … This value has been found to be / is typical of X.3. This is in good agreement / in complete agreement / consistent with …4. This fits / matches / concurs well with [65] and also confirms our earlier / previous findings [39, 40, 41].5. This confirms / supports / lends support to / substantiates previous findings in the literature …6. These values correlate favorably / satisfactorily / fairly well with Svenson [2009] and further support the idea / role / concept of …7. Further tests carried out with X confirmed / corroborated / concurred with our initial findings.8. As proposed / suggested / reported / indicated / put forward by Dong [2011], the evidence we found points to …9. Our results share / have a number of similarities with Claire et al.’s [2012] findings …
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研究结果与之前的证据相矛盾
1. It was found that X = 2, whereas / on the other hand Kamatchi [2011] found that …2. We found much higher values for X than / with respect to those reported by Pandey [2000].3. Although / Despite the fact that Li and Mithran [2014] found that X = 2 we found that X = 3.4. In contrast to / contradiction with earlier findings [Castenas, 2009], we …5. This study has not confirmed previous research on X. However / Nevertheless / Despite this, it serves to …6. Even though these results differ from some published / previous / earlier studies (Cossu, 2001; Triana, 2002), they are consistent with those of …7. Kosov et al. noted that x = y. Our results do not support / appear to corroborate / seem to confirm their observation, in fact …8. Georgiev is correct to argue / propose / claim that x = y. However, his calculation only referred to the limited case of …. and our conclusion of x = z, would thus seem to be justified / justifiable / defensible / correct / acceptable / warranted.9. Although our results differ slightly / to some extent / considerably from those of Minhaz [2001], Erturk [2007], and Hayk [2014], it can / could nevertheless be argued that …10. Our findings do / The current study does not support previous research in this area. In fact, contrary to / unlike / in contrast with what was previously thought, we found that …11. These findings refute / disprove / are in contradiction with / contrast with / significantly differ from previous results reported in the literature.
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概述不良或意外的研究结果
1. As was / might have been expected, our findings were often contradictory …2. Contrary to expectations / Unlike other research carried out in this area, we did not find a significant difference between …3. Our results were disappointing / poor / inadequate / unsatisfactory / below expectations. However, … Our study was unsuccessful / not successful in proving that …4. Our research failed to account for / justify / explain / give an explanation for / give a reason for the low values of …5. Surprisingly / Unfortunately / Disappointingly / Regrettably, no signs of X were / evidence for X was found.6. What is surprising / we were surprised to find / we are unable to account for is the fact that … A substantial / appreciable / noticeable disagreement is evident.7. The Xs appear to be over-predicted / overestimated / overstated …8. This number is slightly lower than the value we expected / anticipated / predicted and there is certainly room for improvement.
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最大程度地减少不良或意外研究结果
1. Although performance was not ideal / perfect / optimal, we still / nevertheless believe that … This poor performance was not unexpected / surprising / very significant. In fact …2. This result was not expected / predicted / anticipated. However, the reason for this is probably / it is likely that the reason for this is / it is probable that the reason for this is that …3. Our investigations so far have only been on a small scale / applied to …4. These discrepancies are negligible / can be neglected / considered as insignificant / are of no real consequence due to the fact that …5. Despite the limitations of this method, and consequently the poor results in Test 2, our findings do6. nevertheless / in any case / however suggest that …7. Given that / Since / On account of the fact that this was only a preliminary attempt to do X it is hardly surprising that …8. As is well known, Xs are extremely hard / difficult / problematic / time-consuming / cumbersome to control, so / thus / consequently ….9. In fact, X was beyond the scope of this study / not a primary goal in this research / not the focus of this study / not attempted in this study.10. Consequently, it is inevitable / understandable / not hard to appreciate / not surprising that … Note / It should be noted / It is worthwhile noting that …11. A / One limitation of our research is that the surveys were not conducted in the same period. However / Nevertheless / Despite this, we can still state that …12. We failed / were not able / were unable to find a link between x and y, but this may / might depend on the methodology chosen for our research.
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解释和验证不良或意外研究结果
1. It is very likely / probable / possible that participants may have erroneously … and this may have led to / brought about changes in …2. The prime / primary / foremost cause of the discrepancy is due to / a result of / a consequence of X. This apparent lack of correlation can be attributed to / explained by / justified by …3. The reason for this rather contradictory result is still not entirely / completely clear, but … There are several possible explanations for this result / finding / outcome.4. These differences can be explained / justified / accounted for in part by …5. It can thus be suggested / conceivably hypothesized / reasonably assumed that …6. The unexpectedly high / low level of X is undoubtedly / certainly / without any doubt due to … A possible / reasonable / satisfactory explanation for X may be that ….7. Another possible explanation / rationalization / reason for this is that …8. Clearly / Evidently / Naturally there may be other possible explanations.9. This happened / occurred / may have happened / may have occurred because we had not examined X sufficiently / in enough depth due to …10. The reasons for this result are not yet wholly / completely / entirely understood. It cannot be ruled out / ignored that there was some unintended bias in …11. An unintended bias cannot be ruled out / should be taken into consideration.12. We cannot rule out that X might / may have influenced Y.13. The observed increase in X could be attributed to / might be explained by it / could be interpreted as being a result of …14. Despite the fact that / Although X was expected to do Y, it was not predicted that X would also do Z. However, this is not particularly surprising given the fact / in light of the fact / if we consider that…