Transition words英文写作中的过渡词

Transition words

●Chronological Relations

now, nowadays;

when, before, after, while, during;

between… and …; in …(year); since…;

later, afterwards, earlier, formerly; from then on;

at the turn of the century (decade); in the first half of the century; in the 1990s;

at birth, in childhood, in infancy, in adolescence, as an adult, in adulthood, in old age,

at death; simultaneously, simultaneous with, at the same time as, the former, the

latter, previous, previously, prior to, first, second;

in the first place, in the second place;

to begin with, next, then, subsequently, in the next place;

in conclusion, finally, lastly, in the end

●Process Descriptions

first(ly), then, once, next, until, as soon as, lastly, as, at this point,

before, while, at the same time, after, when

●Spatial Relationships

1) where; 2) in which, to which, from which; 3) under, over, inside, beside, on top of;

4) along, through, as far as; 5)north, northern, south, southern; 6) to the left, to the

right, to the north; 7) at the back, in front, at the middle;

adjacent to 邻近的；毗邻parallel rectangle

corresponding to parallel to semicircle 半圆形

Slope

Distance perpendicular to

垂直的；成直角的

Midpoint plane水平；平面Space

Interior Opposite Surface

Diagonal Overlapping Vertical 垂直的；直立；顶端Edge Pyramid Horizontal水平的

limit exterior Intersection 交叉点；相交点●Giving Specific Details

For example As an illustration

For instance In one instance

For one thing In this instance

To illustrate As an example

In other words Take (sth as) example

As follows In practice

Let me illustrate According to statistics

Let me cite as proof According to statistics evidence

●Making Comparison and Contrast

To compare:

Similar to At the same rate as Similarly As

Like, alike (just) as … so

Likewise In like manner Correspond to In the same way Correspondingly To have … in common Resemble 类似于；与…相像Common characteristics, etc. resemblance To be parallel in …

Almost the same as Both

To contrast:

Differ from Unlike

Different from While

However Whereas 鉴于；然而；反之Still In contrast to Nevertheless In opposition to Otherwise On the contrary

Even so; although On the other hand

Less/more/faster … than On the opposite side

●Discussing Cause and Effect

So; thus Accordingly As a result Hence Consequently The result of Since The consequence of Result in Due to Therefore The effect of The reason for Have an effect on As owing to For this reason For Owe … to The cause of Because Thanks of

It follows that Because of Out of

So that Such … that Seeing that So as … to Now … that For fear that Make … possible; make it possible/impossible for … to do