Later, more established companies raced to add such patents to their files, if only as a defensive move against rivals that might beat them to the punch.
后来，一些更为成熟的企业纷纷竞相将此类专利加入自己的文件中，即使只是为了防范竞争对手抢先一步。
This could add value to their businesses in three ways.
这可能通过三种方式为其业务增加价值。
Recently, another expression of this predatory behavior has emerged: so-called support service consultancies that provide language and other editorial support to individual authors and to journals sometimes advise contributors to add a number of citations to their articles.
最近，这种掠夺性行为的另一种表现形式出现了：所谓的支持服务咨询公司，它们为个人作者和期刊提供语言及其他编辑支持，有时会建议投稿者在他们的文章中增加若干引用。
And for authors who wish to steer clear of citation cartel activities: when an editor, a reviewer, or a support service asks you to add inappropriate references, do not oblige and do report the request to the journal.
对于希望避免参与引文卡特尔活动的作者来说：如果编辑、审稿人或支持服务要求你添加不恰当的参考文献，请不要顺从，并将这一要求报告给期刊。
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例句取自历年考研英语真题，翻译为机器生成，仅供学习参考。