廖柏森
Ø V. + theory
accept / adopt / receive theory (接受/採用理論)
| build / build up / construct / develop / establish / form / formulate / found / produce / set up theory (建立理論) | advance/ propose / put forth / put forward / suggest theory (提出理論)
| bear out / confirm / examine / prove / test / validate / verify theory (證實/測試理論)
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advocate / back up / support theory (支持理論) | have / hold theory (持有理論)
| modify / revise theory (修訂理論) | apply / employ / use theory (應用理論) |
elucidate / enunciate / expound theory (解釋/說明理論) | based on theory (基於理論)
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例句:
1. Graduate students usually accept theories on the authority of teacher and text.
研究生通常因教師和教科書的權威而接受理論。
2. Adam Smith developed the theory that by pursuing our own self-interest we are led by an invisible hand to serve the interests of others.
亞當．史密斯建立其理論，藉由追求自我的利益，我們會被一隻看不見的手引導去增進他人的利益。
3. Few researchers have been prepared to test their theories so directly.
少有研究者準備如此直接地去測試他們的理論。
4. At present there is only circumstantial evidence to support this theory.
目前只有間接的證據支持此理論。
5. The view of teacher development described here attempts to use theory to guide the meaning of practical experience.
此處所描述教師發展的觀點嘗試使用理論來引導實務經驗的意義。
discredit / disprove/ dispute / contradict / falsify / oppose / refute / reject theory (否定/反對理論) | explode / overthrow theory (推翻理論)
| challenge theory (挑戰理論)
| discredit / doubt theory (懷疑理論)
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criticize theory (批判理論) |
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例句:
1. The aim of science is to falsify theories and to replace them by better theories.
科學的目標在否定理論，並代之以更好的理論。
2. The researchers feel inclined to reject these theories for that reason.
研究者因這個理由覺得有否定這些理論的傾向。
3. Scholars have the satisfaction of being able to prove and disprove each other’s theories.
學者們為能證明和反證彼此的理論而感到滿足。
Ø Adj. + theory
abstract theory (抽象理論)
| accepted theory (被接受的理論)
| conflicting theory (相互衝突的理論)
| current theory (目前的理論)
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general theory (一般性理論)
| integrated / integrative theory (整合性理論) | orthodox theory (正統理論)
| prevailing theory (流行的理論)
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sound theory (健全的理論) | tenable theory (站得住腳的理論) | tentative theory (嘗試性的理論) | unified theory (統一的理論) |
例句:
1. Currently there is no generally accepted theory encompassing the entire process.
目前並無普遍被接受的理論可包括整過個程。
2. Analysis of written products is needed for an integrated theory of writing.
寫作的整合性理論需要寫作成品的分析。
3. It is based on a sound theory and has been tested on numerous occasions.
這是奠基在健全的理論上，而且已在數種情況中測試過了。
4. The aim is to develop a unified theory of writing, which includes both process and product.
目的是針對寫作發展出統一的理論，包括過程和成品。
Ø theory + N.
theory construction (理論建構) | theory evaluation (理論評估) | theory revision (理論修訂) | theory testing (理論測試) |
例句:
1. The piloting of instructional material provides feedback that may help theory construction.
教材的預試提供協助理論建構所需的回饋。
Ø Prep. + theory
in theory (在理論上) | theory of (…的理論) |
例句:
1. In theory, the public has the right to know," and it is reporters who execute this right on the behalf of the public.
在理論上，大眾有知的權利，而記者是代表大眾行使此權利。
2. Wardhaugh states that the theory of foreign language teaching is characterized by “uncertainty.”
Wardhaugh表示外語教學的理論特點就是「不確定性」。
u 補充句型:
1. This is a theory that makes a good deal of sense to us.
我們覺得這個理論非常合理。
2. We have provided the theory with a long-overdue empirical base.
我們為這理論提供期待已久的實證基礎。
u 句型練習:
1. Current theory and research suggest that __________________.
目前的理論和研究主張…
2. __________________ need to be included in theory.
…需要包含在理論裡。
3. ______________ criticized the theory, mainly on the grounds that _____________.
…批評此理論，主要的原因是
