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英语作文的“过渡词”可使作文文辞优美，衔接自然，布局精细，可提升作文的得分档次。现归类如下：

1、表并列关系的过渡词

and, also, as well as, or, too, not only … but also, both … and, either … or, neither … nor

2、表递进关系的过渡词

besides, in addition(加之，除……之外)，moreover(此外，而且)，what’s more(更重要的是)，what’s worse(更糟糕的是)

3、表转折对比的过渡词

but, however, yet, instead, on the other hand, on the contrary(相反), although, despite, in spite of, whereas(而), unlike, nevertheless(然而), not only … but also, here … there, years ago … today. this … that, the former … the latter, then … now, the first … whereas the second. once … now, on the one hand … one the other hand, some … others

4、表原因的过渡词

because, because of, since, as, for, now that, thanks to, due to（由于）

5、表结果的过渡词

so, thus, therefore, as a result, so that, then, thereby(从而), hence(因此), so … that. such … that

6、表条件的过渡词

if, unless, on condition（条件是）, as/so long as（只要）

7、表时间的过渡词

when, while, after, before, until, as soon as, later, afterwards（事后）, soon, lately, recently, since, from then on, eventually, in the meantime, then, suddenly, at the same time, next, early this morning/year/century, after a while, in a few days, now, presently, finally, at last, all of a sudden, from now on, at present, immediately, the moment

8、表特定的顺序关系的过渡词

first, firstly, second, secondly, third, thirdly, above all. first of all, then, next, finally, in the end, at last, afterward(s)（后来）, meanwhile（几乎同时）, thereafter（在那以后）, last, finally, eventually（终于）

9、表换一种方式表达的过渡词

in other words, that is to say, to put it another way

10、表进行举例说明的过渡词

for instance, for example, like, such as

11、表陈述事实的过渡词

in fact, actually, as a matter of fact, to tell you the truth

12、表强调的过渡词

certainly, indeed, above all, surely, most important, in fact, no doubt, without any doubt, truly, obviously

13、表比较的过渡词

like, unlike, in the same way, similarly, similar to

14、表目的的过渡词

for this reason, for this purpose（为此）, so that, in order to, so as to

15、表总结的过渡词

in a word（总之，简言之）, in general, in short（总之）, above all, after all, generally speaking, to sum up, finally, in conclusion, at last, in summary

16、用于“启”的过渡词语（常用在段落或文章的开头）

first, first of all, at first, in the first place, firstly, to start with, recently, now, at present, lately, currently,

It is often said that …

As the proverb says …

It goes without saying that …

Many people often ask …

17、用于“承”的过渡词语（通常用在段落中的第一个扩展句中）

second, similarly, in addition, besides, then, furthermore, moreover, what is more, what is worse, for example, for instance, certainly, surely, obviously, in other words, especially, particularly, in particular, indeed, still, third, truly, in fact, at the same time, no doubt,

It is true that …

Everybody knows that …

It can be easily proved that …

No one can deny that …

The reason why … is that …

There is no doubt that …

To take … for an example （instance） …

We know that…

What is more serious is that …

18、用于“转”的过渡词语（通常用在段落中的第二个扩展句中）

but, however, on the other hand, on the contrary, in contrast, in any case, at any rate（无论如何）, nevertheless（虽然如此）, otherwise, or, or else, while, whereas, but, despite, in spite of …, yet, instead,

I do not believe that…

Perhaps you’ll ask why…

This may be true. but we still have a problem with regard to…

Though we are in basic agreement with …, yet differences will be found.

That’s why I feel that …

19、用于“合”的过渡词语（通常用在段落中的结论句或文章的结论段中）

in a word, in general, in short, above all, after all, generally speaking, to sum up, finally, in conclusion, at last, in summary, there all（毕竟）, eventually, hence, in short, in conclusion, in a word, in sum（总之）, on the whole（就整体而言）, to sum up

From this point of view …

On account of this we can find that …

The result is dependent on …

Thus, this is the reason why we must …