英语作文常用连接词
一、表示罗列增加（递进）
first, second, third, firstly, secondly, thirdly, first, then / next, after that / next, finally / last / last but not least, and equally important, on (the) one hand…, on the other hand…, besides / what’s more / in addition (to sth.) / furthermore / moreover / another / also / too, plus, as well, especially / particularly / in particular
二、表示时间顺序
now, at present, recently, after, afterwards, after that, after a while, in a few days, at first, at the beginning (of sth.), to begin with, to start with
later, next, finally, immediately, soon, suddenly = all of a sudden, at that moment, as soon as, the moment…, form now on, from then on, gradually
at the same time = meanwhile, till, not…until, before, after, when, while, as, during
三、表示解释说明
now, in addition, for example, for instance, in this case, in fact / as a matter of fact / actually, frankly speaking, in other words, in simpler terms, that is to say, to put it differently
四、表示转折关系
but, however, while, though, yet, still, nevertheless, or, otherwise, on the contrary / on the other hand,in spite of… / despite the fact that…, even though, except (for), instead, in stead of, of course, after all, even so
五、表示并列关系
or, and, also, too, not only … but also…, as well as, both… and…, either …or…, neither…nor…
六、表示因果关系
原因：because, because of = thanks to… = due to… = owing to…, since = now that, as, for,
结果：so, therefore, thus, hence, as a result (of), on this / that account, so…that, such…that, in this way
七、表示条件关系
as (so) long as, on condition that, if, unless
八、表示让步关系
though，although，as，even if，even though，whether …or…，however，whoever, whatever, whichever, wherever, whenever, no matter how (who, what, which, where) 九、表示举例
for example, for instance, such as…, like…, take… for example 十、表示比较
be similar to, similarly, the same as, in contrast, compared with
(to)…, just like
十一、表示目的
for this reason, for this purpose, so that, in order that, in order to, so as to,
十二、表示强调
indeed, in fact, surely, certainly, no doubt, without any doubt, truly, obviously, above all
十三、表示概括归纳
in a word, in short, in brief, in summary, on the whole, generally speaking, in general, in my opinion, as far as I am concerned, as what has been mentioned, to sum up, to conclude, in conclusion
