◆ 致謝是指作者在論文完成後對曾經給予支持或幫助的單位或個人表示感謝。致謝辭要寫得誠懇、真切，可以用第一人稱(如例a);也可以用第三人稱(如例b)。 copyright
i would like to express my gratitude to all those who helped me during the writing of this thesis. a special acknowledgement should be shown to professor x, from whose lectures i benefited greatly. i am particularly indebted to mr. x, who gave me kind encouragement and useful instructions all through my writing. finally i wish to extend my thanks to the library assistants who supplied me with reference materials of great value.
◆ 範例b
the author is indebted to mr. x for his constructive suggestions, to mr. x who helped work out an outline of this paper, and kindly eliminated many of the errors in it. the author is also indebted to miss x for permission to quote material from the past examination papers in the course of advanced english.
◆ “致謝辭”中的一些慣用表達方式
1) i would like to acknowledge my indebtedness to …
2) i should like to acknowledge with deep gratitude the assistance and guidance given to me by …
3) i gratefully acknowledge the help of …
4) i want to acknowledge the invaluable help of mr. x, who has been my constant consultant in my writing this essay. if there are any errors, they are not his, but all mine.
5) i would like to thank mr. x for his suggestions on my writing the first earlier draft.
6) i would extend my sincere thanks to my tutor…
7) i would like to take this opportunity to thank…
8) i especially appreciate the guidance of …
9) i wish to express my special appreciation of mr. x’s help…
10) i am also indebted to the following for permission to reproduce copy-right material: …
11) i have a real debt of gratitude to …
12) likewise i am grateful to …
13) most particularly, i must thank…
14) i am in debt to ..
15) my gratitude also goes to…
16) my heartfelt thanks are also due to…
17) my work also owes much to …for his encouragement and great
18) a real debt is owed to mrs. x for her valuable help in my writing.
19) my grateful thanks to all of you, most of all to …
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20) the author is deeply indebted to …
21) the author’s special thanks should be given to …
22) this thesis would not have been possible without the support
andassistance that i received from …