结论是论文中篇幅很小的一个部分，在学术论文中通常起到两个作用：首先总结和归纳文章的主要研究内容，这也是所谓的“回顾”，第二个则是给最后结论或是评价判断。最后的结论中可能还包括提出对研究的建设性意见和对对未来的研究发展方向探讨。在学位论文和研究论文中，结论往往更复杂，还包括部分研究结果的意义和对未来工作的建议。以下我们罗列出了涉及描写结论的常用句型:
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Restatementofaims
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Summarisingresearchfindings
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Suggestingimplicationsforthefieldofknowledge
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