VOA慢速英语:'Predatory' Publications Put Expertise at Risk

短语讲解：

1. It says that OMICS organizes thousands of conferences around the world each year.

thousands of 数千的
例句：The library attracts thousands of scholars and researchers.
那个图书馆吸引了成千上万的学者和研究人员。

2. If a journal performed poorly -- publishing low-quality articles -- or if it had other types of problems libraries would cancel their subscriptions because they didn’t want to pay for a low-quality journal.

pay for 赔偿; 为…付钱
例句：I have had to pay for repairs to the house.
我不得不支付房屋维修费用。

3. Low-quality journals promise to publish if researchers are willing to pay, Beall says. And that is part of an even bigger problem.

be willing to 乐于; 肯; 甘于
例句：You must be willing to reskill.
你必须乐于学习新技术。

4. This ensures the research is not only understandable, but also completely real, he says.

not only...but also 不但…而且…
例句：These not only help in presentation but also help orient users.
这不仅有助于表达，而且可以帮助使用者在创建时更好地定位。

5. This sometimes leads to peer-reviewers approving submissions they otherwise would not, simply because the writing appears scientific.

lead to 导致; 把…带到; 领到
例句：Economic models often lead to the study of systems of equations.
经济模型经常导致对方程组的研究。