一.英文写作中表示起承转合的词语
1. 表示“起”
At present 现在,当今 in the first place 首先,第一
Nowadays 现在 above all 最重要的是
Presently 现在;此刻 in general 一般来说
In recent years 近年来 generally speaking 一般地说
Recently/lately 最近 on the whole 总的来说
Currently 最近,目前 for one thing;;;(for another) 首先,其次
First(ly)第一 at first(最初)
On the one hand…(on the other hand) 一方面,另一方面
To begin/start with首先,第一
The former…(the later)前者…(后者)
First of all 首先,第一
2. 表示“承”
Later 后来 such as 正如 then然后 for this purpose为了这个目的
Soon 不久 in other words 换句话说 after/after that/afterwards此后
At any rate无论如何 incidentally顺便提一句
Also/too/as well又,也 particularly特别地
At the same time同时 in particular 特别(地)
By this time此时 furthermore/moreover而且,此外
Certainly当然 what is more而且,此外
Besides 此外 in addition (to)此外
Second(ly)第二 obviously明显地
Third(ly)第三 in the same way同样地
For another 其次 similarly同样地
The latter 后来 following 接下来的
3. 表示“转”
However 然而 anyway无论如何 but但是 otherwise否则
Yet然而,但是 at the same time同时,然而 while 然而
In fact/indeed事实上 as a matter of fact事实上 instead 然而
Especially特别地 no doubt 无疑地 regardless of 不管,不顾
Conversely相反地 nevertheless不过,仍然 in/by contrast对比之下
On the contrary 相反地 though/although尽管,虽然 otherwise否则
Even if/even though 即使 luckily/fortunately幸运地 despite/in spite of 尽管
Unfortunately 不幸地 after all 毕竟
4. 表示“合”
As has been noted如前所述 to sum up 简而言之 as I have said 如我所述
To summarize简而言之 by and large 一般说来 all in all 总之
Consequently因此 in conclusion总之,最后
Hence因此 at last最后
Therefore因此 eventually最后
Thus因此 finally最后
As a consequence因此 on the whole 总体来说,整个看来
As a result 结果 to speak frankly坦白地说
Accordingly于是 to conclude总而言之
Briefly简单扼要地 no doubt毫无疑问
In brief简言之 undoubtedly无疑
In a word总之 surely无疑
In short简而言之 obviously显然
In sum 总之,简而言之 certainly当然地,无疑地
In summary简要地说 at length最后,终于
二.英文写作中逻辑关系词语
因果关系:because, account for, contribute to, so, since, as, therefore, because of , due to, thus, thereby, owing to, hence, thanks to, accordingly, consequently, so that, as a result, lead to, as a result in/from, as a consequence, result, reason, be responsible for, for that/this reason
解释关系:namely, in other words, that is , which means/that means, that is to say, that implies
递进关系:even, furthermore, additionally, more importantly, in addition, what’s more, besides, even worse, moreover, what’s more
比较关系:equally, on the contrary, in comparison with, in contrast, in the same way, while, in contrast to, whereas, the same…as, as…as.
选择关系:or, not…but, alternatively, whether…or(not), rather than, neither…nor, instead of , either…or
列举或举例关系:as follows, including, a case in point, to illustrate, for example, let’s look at, for instance, take a look at, for another example, first/firstly(second/secondly),(Let’s)take…as an example some…,other…, still other…