英语作文中常用连接词和短语

一.连接词（1）表选择关系或对等关系的连接词：either…or…，neither…nor,or,aswellas…,and,both…and…。（2）表因果关系或对等关系的连接词：therefore,so,asaresult,astheresultof…，becauseof,dueto…,owingto,thanksto等。（3）表时间顺序的连接词：themoment,assoonas,atfirst,then,later,meanwhyle,atthebeginning,intheend,beforelong,forthefirst（second…）time,theminute等。（4）表转折关系的连接词：yet,andyet,but,while,onthecontrary,ontheotherhand,however,atthesametime（然而）等。（5）表解释说明的连接词：thatis,thatistosay,inotherwords,suchas,forinstance,andsoon,etc.andthelike等。（6）表递进关系的连接词：notonly…but(also),what，smore,what'sworse,besides,inaddition,worsestill,moreover,aboveall等。（7）表示总结的连接词：inaword,onthewhole,inshort,briefly,inbrief,tosumup,inall等。二．过渡词1、表示时间的affirst起初next接下来then然后afterthat那以后later后来soon不久soon/shortlyafter……之后不久finally最后intheend最后eventually最终atlast终于lately近来recently最近sincethen自从那时起afterthat那以后innotime不一会儿afterawhile一会儿afterward后来tobegin/startwith=inthefirstplace首先、第一点immediately立即、马上meanwhile=inthemeantime=atthesametime在此期间、同时earlier,untilnow直到现在suddenly=allofasudden突然asayoungman当……是个年轻人的时候attheageof…在……岁的时候asearlyas早……的时候assoonas一……就……before,theotherday几天前earlyinthemorning大清早after/beforedark天黑后/前oneday有一天oneafternoon一天下午onemorning一天早晨2、表示空间的totheright/left朝右/左ontherinht/left在右/左边inthemiddleof在中间infrontof在前面inthefrontof在前面atthebackof在后面atthebottomof在底部ontheedgeof在……的边上ontopof在……的顶部oppositeto与……相对closeto靠近nearto在……附近nextto与……相邻under垂直在下over垂直在上below在下方above在上方across在……的另一边around在周围behind在后before在前against靠着、抵着furtheron再往前3、表示列举和时序first,second,third…finallyfirstly,secondly,thirdly…finallyfirstofall,nextthen,lastlyforonething…foranother…atthesametimeatfirst，atlast4、表示列举forexample例如：……namely即……forinstance例如：……as/sofarasIknow据我所知tosumup=tosummarize=ins