英语写作常用 Transitional words
描写坚强的名言-励志对联集锦
Addition:
furthermore, moreover, too,
also, in the second place, again, in addition,
even
more, next, further, last, lastly,
finally, besides, and, or, nor, first, second,
secondly, etc. a further, additionally, again,
also, and, and then, another, as
well, aside
from, aside from this, besides, conjointly,
coupled with, equally
important, even more,
finally, further, furthermore, in addition, in
addition to,
in due course, incidentally,
lastly, more important, moreover, neither ... nor
...,
next, next to that, nor, not only ... but
..., not only ... but also ..., not only this,
but this as well, not to mention, on top of
that, once again, once more, or,
other, over
again, plus, together with, too, what is more
Alternative:
alternatively, among,
another, between, either ... or ..., else,
instead, neither ...
nor ..., on the one hand
... on the other hand ..., or, rather, whether,
whether or
not
Apposition:
and,
because, for, furthermore, in any event, in order
to, in other words,
likewise, namely, on the
other hand, similarly, that is to say, to sum up,
yet
Cause:
because, on account of,
since, for that reason, and so, as, as a result,
as for, as
for those, because, because of,
being that, different from this, due to, for that,
for the reason that, forasmuch as, given that,
hence, henceforth, if ... then ...,
in
response to, in spite of, in that case, in the
end, in view of, inasmuch as,
now that, on
account of, over all, owing to, seeing that,
since, so, so that, that
is why, therefore,
thus, ultimately, wherefore
Chain:
basically ... similarly ... as well ...,
because ... therefore ..., first ... second ...
third ..., generally ... furthermore ...
finally ..., in the first place, in the first
place ... also ... lastly ..., just in the
same way ... finally ..., just then, lastly,
namely, not . . . but, on the one hand ... on
the other hand ..., or both, pursuing
this
further ... finally ..., so forth, so on,
sometimes ... but not always ..., the
former
... the latter ..., to be sure ... additionally
... lastly ...
Clarification:
that is to say, to clarify, in other words, to
rephrase it, to explain, to put it
another
way, actually, another way, especially, for
instance, i.e., in other
words, in particular,
in this case, mainly, namely, one case that,
particularly,
specifically, that is, that is
to say, to put it in another way, to rephrase it,
up to
a point
Combinations:
after
a while, after all, another time, apart from, as
shown above, as though, as
what, at present,
at present, but despite a, but even with, but now,
by contrast,
by that time, even after, for
all, for some time, from here on, just because,
long after, more often, once all, over the
years, since then, so often, that too, to
put
it in another way, until recently
Common
Adverbs:
absolutely, after all, barely,
basically, clearly, clearly, coincidentally,
concurrently, eventually, fortunately, hardly
ever, interestingly, mostly,
naturally,
obviously, presently, respectively, suddenly,
surely, tellingly, truly,
typically, wholly
Comparison:
in the same way, in like
manner, by the same token, likewise, similarly, in
similar fashion, alike, also, although,
another ... like, as ... as ..., balanced
against, but, but another, by comparison, by
the same token, compared to,
conversely, even,
in similar, in similar fashion, in the same way,
just as ... so
too, less than, likewise,
meanwhile, merely, more ... than ..., on the other
hand,
rather, rather than, similarly, up
against, whereas
Concession:
to be
sure, granted, of course, it is true,, admittedly,
after all, albeit, all the
same, although, and
yet, at any rate, but even so, despite of, even
so, even
though, granted that, however, in any
case, in spite of, totally, nevertheless,
nonetheless, notwithstanding, regardless,
regardless of, still, though, yet
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Conclusion:
in conclusion, to
conclude, finally, all in all, as a final point,
as a result, at last,
consequently, finally,
hence, if not, if so, implies that, in conclusion,
in
retrospect, in that case, in the end, last
but not least, lastly, otherwise, that
being
the case, then, therefore, thereupon, thus,
ultimately, under those
circumstances, whence
Condition:
as long as, as such, even
if, given that, if, in case, in the event that, on
condition that, on the condition that, only
if, provided that, so long as, unless,
whether
... or...
Continuation:
as, as far
as, following this further, henceforward,
hereafter, immediately
thereafter, in the same
way, last of all, not long after, so far, thus
far, together
with, up to now, with respect to
Contrast:
yet, on the contrary, but,
and yet, in contrast, however, nevertheless,
notwithstanding, though, nonetheless, on the
other hand, otherwise, after all,
at the same
time, but, by way of contrast, conversely,
however, in contrast,
ironically, on the other
hand, paradoxically, still though, when in fact,
whereas, while, yet after all, all the same,
although, as opposed to, at the same
time,
but, but at the same time, conversely, despite,
different from, even
though, for all that,
however, in contrast, in the other hand, instead,
nevertheless, nonetheless, notwithstanding, on
the contrary, on the one hand ...
on the other
hand ..., otherwise, some ... others ..., still,
then ... now ..., though,
whilst, yet
Deduction:
and so, and then, if not, if
so, in other words, in that case, otherwise, then,
this
implies that, when in fact, while this is
true
Demonstrative:
altogether, as this, both, both . . . and,
demonstratively, in this way, that, these,
this, those, together, toward, towards, which,
which ... that ..., who, whom,
whose
Effect：
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or result: therefore,
thus, consequently, hence, accordingly, as a
result,
accordingly, as a result,
consequently, finally, for this reason, hence, if
and
only if, in consequence, ..., so, so much,
so that, therefore, thus
Emphasize:
above all, absolutely, according as, always,
as ... as ..., as a matter of fact, by
all
means, certainly, definitely, emphatically,
eternally, even that, for sure, ...,
forever,
in any case, in fact, indeed, mainly, more
importantly, more
specifically, naturally,
never, nevertheless, obviously, of course,
particularly,
peculiarly, positively,
specifically, surely, surprisingly, undeniably,
undoubtedly, unquestionably, whatsoever,
whatsoever, without a doubt,
without
reservation
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Evidence and
Proof:
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a significant, all things
considered, analogously, another possibility would
be,
another significant, as a, consequence, as
can be expected, as noted by, at the
end of,
by similar argumentation, empirically, evidently,
for the same reason,
for this reason, given
these facts, in accordance with, in agreement, in
all
instances, in fact, in hindsight, in
simple terms, in such cases, in terms of, in
the final analysis, in the overall analysis,
in view of, most importantly, of
greatest
significance, on this basis, one ... such, one
such, since, such a case,
surprisingly, that
is, the role of, thereof, this coincides with,
this implies that
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Example:
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a case in point, an example of, another
example of, as an illustration, as
demonstrated by, by way of example, e.g.,
especially, even this, that, these
those, for
example, for instance, for one thing, in another
case, in fact, in
particular, in this case, in
this situation, namely, notably, on this occasion,
particularly, specifically, such, such as,
take the case of, that is, the following
example
Exception:
aside from,
despite, however, in spite of, nevertheless,
nonetheless, once in a
while, sometimes,
still, yet
Exemplificationor
Illustration:
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to illustrate, as an
illustration, to demonstrate, specifically, for
example, for
instance
Generalization:
as a general rule, as a rule, as a rule of
thumb, as usual, by induction, for the
most
part, generally, generally speaking, in most
cases, more generally, on
the whole,
ordinarily, usually
Idioms:
at most,
at the outside, by and by, from time to time, in
the light of, more or
less, or else, sooner or
later, the other day, up to the present time
Importance:
above all, chiefly, for the
most part, largely, last but not least, least,
less
important, mainly, more important, most
important, most of all, of greater,
predominantly, primarily, principally
Intensification:
indeed, undoubtedly, to
repeat, yes, no, certainly, by all means, surely,
without doubt, of course, in fact
Introduction:
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admittedly, as an
illustration, as for, as in the case of,
assuredly, at first glance,
at this level, by
way of example, certainly, concerning the ...,
first and
foremost, first and yet, first of
all, for example, for instance, for one thing,
generally speaking, in all likelihood, in
general, in my opinion, in particular,
in this
situation, likewise, such as, to illustrate, with
regard to, with respect to
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Logical:
category UNDER
CONSTRUCTION, for this reason, from now,
henceforth,
henceforward, in other words, in
that case, it is true that, otherwise, provided
that, such that, thereby, this being so,
though ... yet, whether ... or ...
Phrases:
as was previously stated, at the
very least, at this point, but even more, by all
means, by means of, by the time, either or
both, first and most importantly, for
the most
part, generally speaking, given these facts, in
furtherance of, in light
of, in the following,
in the subsequent, in what follows, last but not
least,
often times, once in a while, to a
lesser extend, to change the topic, to get back
to the point, what followed
Place-
Location and Description:
above, across,
across from, adjacent to, ahead, along, alongside,
amid, at, at
the rear, at the side, athwart,
atop, away from, below, beneath, beside, beyond
closer to, down, eastward, elsewhere, far, far
off, farther on, fore, forth,
forward, further
on, here, hereupon, in back of, in front of, in
the back, in the
background, in the distance,
in the forefront, in the foreground, in the front,
in
the middle, inside, into, near, nearby,
neighboring on, northerly, on, on the
side,
onto, opposite to, out of, out of sight, outside,
over there, side by side,
somewhere,
southerly, straight ahead, surrounding, there,
through,
throughout, to the side of, toward
the middle, underneath, upon, upright,
upside
down, westward where, wherever, within sight
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Place:
here, beyond, adjacent
to, there, wherever, neighboring, on, nearby,
opposite
to, above, below
Pronouns：
if
they clearly refer to a specific word or phrase:
this, these, those, that, his,
her, it, its,
they, their, theirs, our, your
Purpose:
because of this, for fear
that, for this purpose, in order that, in order
to, in the
hope that, so that, to that end, to
this end, toward this end, with the goal of,
with this in mind in order that, to that end,
to this end, so that, for this
purpose
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Qualification:
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almost, perhaps, never, nearly, maybe, always,
probably, although, frequently
almost,
although, always, frequently, in somewhat, may be,
might, nearly,
never, perhaps, probably, some
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Quantifiers:
a bit of, a couple
of, a few, a good deal of, a great deal of, a lack
of, a little, a
lot of, all, all of the, as
much as, at least, enough, evenly, few, for all,
for any,
for each, for every, in the first
place, less than, lesser, little, little by
little, lots
of, lower, many, minus, more,
more than, most, most of the, much less, much
more, none, none of the, not much, plenty of,
secondly, ... thirdly, several,
some
Reference:
according to, as acknowledged,
as for, as part of, as told by, away from, by far,
concerning this, considering this, how, in
respect to, in this regard, in this
respect,
on the subject of, other than that, regarding, set
forth, speaking about,
that, the fact that,
therefore, Vis-à-vis, what, which, who, whoever,
whom,
why, with regard to
Reformulation:
as I have noted, as I
stated, as indicated above, as noted earlier, in
brief, in
other words, in short, in summary,
in words, let me rephrase it, on the whole,
perennially, point in fact, put differently
Reservation:
admittedly, despite,
even so, even though, indeed, nevertheless,
notwithstanding, regardless
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Resumption:
all the same, anyhow,
anyway, as I was saying, at any rate, by the way,
either,
either way, in any, in either case,
incidentally, to change the subject, to
change
the topic, to get back to the point, to resume, to
resume anyhow, to
return to the subject,
whatever, whichever
Sequence:
after,
afterward, again, also, and, at first, at this
point, before this,
concurrently,
consequently, finally, first of all, first,
second, third, etc., for a
start, hence, in
the end, in the first place, initially, later on,
next, previously,
secondly, simultaneously,
still, subsequently, then, therefore, thirdly,
thus, to
begin with, too
Similarity:
analogous to, as, by the same token,
correspondingly, equally, in a like
manner, in
like fashion, in the same fashion, in the same
way, just as, just as ...
so too, just as ...
too ..., kind of, likewise, other things equal,
outwardly, point
in fact, seemingly,
similarly, sort of, unlike
Summary:
altogether, altogether, anyway, as has been
mentioned, as I have said, as I
stated to
summarize, in short, in brief, in sum, in summary,
to sum up as it was
previously stated, as
mentioned earlier, as we have seen, briefly, by
and large,
for all that, given these facts,
given these points, in all, in brief, in
conclusion,
in other words, in short, in sum,
in summary, on the whole, overall, so,
summing
up, to make a long story short, to put it briefly,
to sum up, to
summarize
Time:
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after, afterward,
afterwards, ago, along the way, always, as long
as, as of, as
when, as yet, at first, at last,
at least, at length, at once, at one time, at that
time,
at the same time, back then, before,
before long, beforehand, currently, during,
earlier, eventually, finally, first of all,
first, second, third, etc., following,
forever, formerly, from now on, immediately,
immediately before,
immediately following, in
due time, in parallel, in retrospective, in the
end, in
the future, in the long run, in the
meantime, in the short run, initially later,
meantime, meanwhile, most recently,
never, next, now, nowadays, often,
oftentimes,
once, overtime, previously, prior to, right now,
shortly, shortly
after, shortly thereafter,
simultaneously, since, since then, so far, so
long,
sometimes, soon, soon afterward, soon
then, subsequently, then, thereafter,
this
time, till now, twice a day, until, until now, up
to, very soon, when,
whenever, while, without
delay while, immediately, never, after, later,
earlier,
always, when, soon, whenever,
meanwhile, sometimes, in the meantime,
during,
afterwards, now, until now, next, following, once,
then, at length,
simultaneously, so far, this
time, subsequently
Unclassified:
about,
afore, already, as if, as well as, despite of, far
away, forthwith, from ...
to ..., from then
on, hereby, herein, hereinafter, hereof,
heretofore, in
furtherance of, in lieu of, in
this sense, inasmuch as, insofar as, only,
onwards,
other, somehow, therein, trailing by,
under, until then, unto, up to this point,
whereby, wherein, whereof, whereupon,
within