連接詞分為并列連詞和從屬連詞。英文連接詞是連接英文單詞的詞,如also,and等。英語有486,000個左右的單詞,而連接詞卻只有70個左右,它們總是非常高頻率的出現在各類文章、對話、電郵等英語實際溝通中。
英文連接詞像膠水一樣將相關聯的句子連接起來,國際心理學家、語言學家、教育家Chris Lonsdale 龍飛虎又把它稱之為“膠水詞”。
下面讓我們來熟悉一下常用的英語連接詞包括哪些:
(1)表示承接的過渡詞:also,and,and then,too,in addition,furthermore,moreover,what's more,again,on top of that,another,first,second,third等.
(2)表示時間順序的過渡詞:
now,then,before,after,afterwards,earlier,later,immediately,soon,next,in
a few days,gradually,suddenly,finally··等.
(3)表示空間順序的.過渡詞:near(to),far(from),
in front of,behind,beside,beyond,above,below,to the right/left,around,outside等.
(4)表示比較的過渡詞:in the same way,just like,just as等.
(5)表示轉折的過渡詞:but,still,yet,however,nevertheless,nonetheless,on the contrary,in spite of,even though等.
(6)一方面,另一方面:on the one hand,on the other hand,for one thing,for another等.
(7)表示結果和原因的過渡詞:because,since,so,as a result,therefore,then,thus,otherwise等.
(8)表示目的的過渡詞:for this reason,for this purpose,so that等.
(9)表示強調的過渡詞:in fact,indeed,surely,necessarily,certainly,without any doubt,truly,to repeat,above all,most important等.
(10)表示解釋說明的過渡詞:for example,in fact,in this case,for actually,for instance等.
(11)表示總結的過渡詞:in a word,above all,all in all,finally,at last,in conclusion,as I have shown,in another word,in brief,in short,in general,on the whole,as has been stated,last but not least等.
(12)表示轉折的過渡詞:But,However,Although / even though,Despite / despite the fact that,In spite of / in spite of the fact that,Nevertheless,Nonetheless,While,Whereas,Unlike,In theory… in practice