# 语气指南

本文档提供rebuttal写作的语气指南，帮助保持专业、礼貌、有说服力的表达。

## 核心原则

### 1. 始终感谢

**原则**: 每个回复都以感谢开始，即使不同意审稿人的意见。

**推荐表达**:
- "We thank the reviewer for..."
- "We appreciate the reviewer's..."
- "We are grateful for..."

**避免**:
- 直接开始反驳
- 忽略感谢环节

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### 2. 保持尊重

**原则**: 即使审稿人误解或错误，也要保持尊重的态度。

**推荐表达**:
- "We respectfully note that..."
- "We would like to clarify that..."
- "We appreciate the reviewer's perspective, however..."

**避免**:
- "The reviewer is wrong"
- "This is obvious"
- "The reviewer misunderstood"
- "The reviewer failed to notice"

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### 3. 客观陈述

**原则**: 使用客观、基于事实的语言，避免情绪化表达。

**推荐表达**:
- "Our experiments show that..."
- "The results demonstrate..."
- "Based on our analysis..."

**避免**:
- "Obviously..."
- "Clearly..."
- "It is well-known that..."
- "Everyone knows..."


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### 4. 建设性回应

**原则**: 即使不同意，也要提供建设性的解释和替代方案。

**推荐表达**:
- "While [审稿人建议] has merit, we chose [我们的方法] because..."
- "We have considered this approach, however..."
- "An alternative perspective is..."

**避免**:
- "This suggestion is not feasible"（没有解释）
- "We cannot do this"（没有替代方案）

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### 5. 承认不足

**原则**: 当审稿人指出真实问题时，坦诚承认并说明改进。

**推荐表达**:
- "We acknowledge this limitation..."
- "We agree that this could be improved..."
- "This is a valid concern..."

**避免**:
- 回避问题
- 过度辩解
- 转移话题

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## 专业表达方式

### 感谢类表达

| 场景 | 推荐表达 |
|------|----------|
| 一般感谢 | "We thank the reviewer for this comment/suggestion" |
| 强调价值 | "We thank the reviewer for this valuable/insightful feedback" |
| 重要建议 | "We thank the reviewer for this excellent/important suggestion" |
| 指出错误 | "We thank the reviewer for catching this/pointing this out" |


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### 同意类表达

| 场景 | 推荐表达 |
|------|----------|
| 完全同意 | "We agree that..." / "We concur with the reviewer that..." |
| 部分同意 | "We agree that [部分], however..." |
| 承认问题 | "We acknowledge this limitation/concern" |
| 接受建议 | "We have adopted this suggestion" |

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### 不同意类表达（礼貌辩护）

| 场景 | 推荐表达 |
|------|----------|
| 礼貌不同意 | "We respectfully note that..." |
| 提供理由 | "However, we chose [方法] because..." |
| 解释限制 | "While [建议] would be valuable, it is not feasible due to..." |
| 提供替代 | "Instead, we have [替代方案], which..." |

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### 澄清类表达

| 场景 | 推荐表达 |
|------|----------|
| 指出已有内容 | "We would like to clarify that..." |
| 承认表述不清 | "We apologize for the confusion. What we meant is..." |
| 提供位置引用 | "This is discussed in Section X (page Y)" |
| 改进表述 | "To make this clearer, we have..." |


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### 实验承诺类表达

| 场景 | 推荐表达 |
|------|----------|
| 已完成实验 | "We have conducted additional experiments on..." |
| 承诺进行实验 | "We are currently conducting... and will include the results" |
| 展示结果 | "The results show that..." / "Our experiments demonstrate..." |
| 无法进行实验 | "While [实验] would be valuable, it is not feasible due to [限制]. However, we have [替代方案]" |

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## 不同场景的语气调整

### 场景 1: 审稿人完全正确

**语气**: 坦诚接受，感谢指出

**示例**:
> "We thank the reviewer for pointing out this important issue. We agree that [问题描述]. We have [具体改进]."

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### 场景 2: 审稿人部分正确

**语气**: 同意合理部分，礼貌解释其他部分

**示例**:
> "We appreciate the reviewer's feedback. We agree that [合理部分]. However, regarding [其他部分], we respectfully note that [解释]."

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### 场景 3: 审稿人误解了论文

**语气**: 礼貌澄清，承认可能表述不清

**示例**:
> "We thank the reviewer for this comment. We would like to respectfully clarify that [澄清内容]. This is discussed in [位置]. We apologize if this was not sufficiently clear, and we have revised [位置] to make this more explicit."


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### 场景 4: 审稿人要求不可行

**语气**: 解释限制，提供替代方案

**示例**:
> "We appreciate this suggestion. However, [建议的方法] is not feasible in our setting due to [具体限制]. Instead, we have [替代方案], which [效果]. We believe this approach [优势]."

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### 场景 5: 多个审稿人意见矛盾

**语气**: 平衡两方观点，说明选择理由

**示例**:
> "We appreciate both Reviewer X's and Reviewer Y's perspectives on [问题]. After careful consideration, we have [我们的选择] because [理由]. We believe this approach addresses both reviewers' core concerns while [优势]."

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## 语气对比示例

### 示例 1: 回应方法质疑

❌ **不好的表达**:
> "The reviewer is wrong. Our method is clearly better than the baseline."

✅ **好的表达**:
> "We appreciate the reviewer's concern about our method choice. We respectfully note that our method is more suitable for this setting because [理由1] and [理由2]. Our experiments show that it achieves [具体结果]. We have added this discussion to Section 3.2."

**分析**: 好的表达保持礼貌，提供具体理由和证据，并说明改进位置。


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### 示例 2: 回应误解

❌ **不好的表达**:
> "The reviewer failed to notice that we already did this experiment in Section 4."

✅ **好的表达**:
> "We thank the reviewer for this comment. We would like to respectfully clarify that we did include this experiment in our study. The results are presented in Table 3 (page 6) and discussed in Section 4.2. To make this more prominent, we have added a dedicated paragraph highlighting these findings."

**分析**: 好的表达避免指责审稿人，礼貌澄清，并主动改进表述。

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### 示例 3: 回应不可行的建议

❌ **不好的表达**:
> "This is impossible. We don't have access to that dataset."

✅ **好的表达**:
> "We appreciate this suggestion. While experiments on dataset X would be valuable, this dataset is not publicly available and requires institutional access that we currently do not have. However, we have conducted experiments on dataset Y, which has similar characteristics. The results show [发现]. We have added these results to Section 4.4."

**分析**: 好的表达解释限制原因，提供替代方案，并展示实际行动。


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### 示例 4: 回应typo指正

❌ **不好的表达**:
> "Fixed."

✅ **好的表达**:
> "We thank the reviewer for catching this. We have corrected all typos throughout the manuscript."

**分析**: 即使是小的typo，也要表达感谢并说明改进范围。

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### 示例 5: 回应补充实验要求

❌ **不好的表达**:
> "We will add these experiments in the final version."

✅ **好的表达**:
> "We thank the reviewer for this excellent suggestion. We have conducted additional experiments comparing our method with baseline X on all three datasets. The results show that our method achieves [具体结果]. These new results have been added to Table 4 and discussed in Section 4.5."

**分析**: 好的表达展示已完成的工作，提供具体结果和位置，而不是模糊的承诺。


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## 总结：语气检查清单

在完成rebuttal后，使用以下清单检查语气：

### ✅ 必须包含

- [ ] 每个回复都以感谢开始
- [ ] 使用"We"而不是"I"
- [ ] 提供具体的位置引用（章节、页码、表格、图表）
- [ ] 说明具体的改进措施
- [ ] 保持礼貌和专业的语气

### ❌ 必须避免

- [ ] 没有"The reviewer is wrong"或类似表述
- [ ] 没有"Obviously"、"Clearly"等傲慢词汇
- [ ] 没有防御性或攻击性语气
- [ ] 没有模糊的承诺（"We will..."没有具体内容）
- [ ] 没有忽略任何审稿意见


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## 使用建议

### 1. 写作流程

1. **初稿**: 先写出所有回复的内容，不过分关注语气
2. **语气检查**: 使用本文档的检查清单逐条检查
3. **替换表达**: 将不当表达替换为推荐的专业表达
4. **整体审查**: 确保所有回复的语气一致
5. **他人审阅**: 请同事或导师审阅语气是否得当

### 2. 常见陷阱

**陷阱 1: 过度防御**
- 问题: 感觉被攻击，语气变得防御性
- 解决: 深呼吸，记住审稿人是在帮助改进论文

**陷阱 2: 过度妥协**
- 问题: 对所有意见都说"Yes"，失去立场
- 解决: 有充分理由时，礼貌但坚定地辩护

**陷阱 3: 模糊回应**
- 问题: 回复含糊其辞，没有具体行动
- 解决: 每个回复都要有具体的Response和Changes

### 3. 不同会议/期刊的语气差异

**顶会（NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR）**:
- 更注重技术细节
- 可以更直接地讨论技术选择
- 但仍需保持礼貌

**顶级期刊（Nature, Science）**:
- 更注重broader impact
- 语气需要更加谨慎和全面
- 强调社会意义和影响

**领域会议**:
- 根据领域文化调整
- 某些领域更直接，某些更委婉

### 4. 最后提醒

**记住**: 审稿人是志愿者，他们花时间审阅你的论文是在帮助你。即使不同意他们的意见，也要表达感激和尊重。

**目标**: 让审稿人感到：
- 他们的意见被认真对待
- 作者做出了实质性的改进
- 作者态度专业、合作

这样的rebuttal最有可能获得积极的响应。
