一、根据衔接词本身在文章中起到的作用，主要分为以下四类，即“起”、“承”、“转”、“合”。

(一)表示“起”的词/词组：用于开篇引出扩展句。

at first 最初 for one thing…(for another) at present 现在;当今 currently 目前; recently 最近

first(ly)第一 in general 一般说来 in the beginning 起初 one the one hand…(on the other hand)

to begin with 首先;第一 一方面…(另一方面) first of all 首先;第一 generally speaking 一般地说

in the first place 首先;第一 on the whole 总起来说 lately 最近 to start with 首先;第一 presently 现在;此刻 now 现在

(二)有关“承”的常用词语：用来承接上文。

after/after that/afterwards此后 by this time 此时 after a few days 几天以后 certainly 无疑地;当然地 after a while过了一会儿 therefore 因此;结果 also/too 并且;又 for example 例如 at the same time 同时 for instance 例如

beside 此外 for this purpose 为了这个目的 Besides/what’s more 而且;此外 from now on 从此

in addition 此外 second 第二;第二点 in addition to… 除…之外 secondly 第二 in fact 事实上 similarly 同样地

in other words 换句话说 so 所以 in particular 特别(地) soon 不久 in the same way 同样地 still 仍然

by the way 顺便提一句 then 然后 indeed 的确 third 第三;第三点 meanwhile 与此同时 thirdly 第三

moreover 而且，此外 for another 其次 no doubt 无疑地 such as 正如 obviously 明显地 later 后来

of course当然 truly 事实上;真实地 particularly特别地 unlike …不像……;和……不同 what is more 而且;此外

(三)有关“转”的常用词语：用来表示不同或相反的意见。

after all 毕竟 fortunately 幸运地 all the same 依然;照样 however 然而;无论如何 anyway 无论如何

in spite of 尽管……;虽然…… at the same time同时;然而 luckily 幸运地 but 但是 by this time 此时

though/although 尽管 no doubt 无疑地 in/by contrast 对比之下 on the contrary 相反地 even though即使 otherwise 否则

still 仍然 unfortunately 不幸地 in fact 事实上 unlike 不像……;和……不同 as a matter of fact 事实上

yet仍;然而;但是 especially 特别地

(四)有关“合”的常用词语：用于小结上文或结束本段落的内容。

above all 最重要的是 accordingly 于是 as a result结果 in sum 总之，简而言之

as has been noted 如前所述 in summary 简要地说 as I have said 如我所述 on the whole 总体来说;整个看来

at last 最后 therefore 因此 by and large 一般说来 thus 因此 briefly 简单扼要地 to speak frankly 坦白地说

by doing so 如此 to sum up 总而言之 eventually 最后 surely 无疑 finally 最后 to conclude 总而言之

in brief 简言之 no doubt 毫无疑问 in conclusion 总之，最后 undoubtedly 无疑 in short 简而言之 truly 的确

in a word 总之 so 所以 certainly 当然地;无疑地 obviously 显然 all in all 总之

二、根据衔接词本身的意思和文章连接所需要的逻辑意义，可分为以下14类。

(一)表示因果关系

as a result He never studied hard, and as a result, he failed in the last examination.

as a result of He is late for work as a result of traffic accident.

Accordingly He wanted to buy a radio for study English, and accordingly her mother bought it for him.

because(of) We are delayed because of a traffic jam.

due to (因为，由于) His success is due to his excellent work.

owing to(因为，由于) Owing to his absence, our meeting is not held.

thanks to(由于，多亏了) Thanks to a good teacher, she passed the examination.

now that(既然) Now that you have grown up, you must earn for yourself.

so long as (只要) You could realize your dream so long as you try it again and again.

Since(既然) Since you are here now, you’d better give a hand.

in that(因为) The policy is harmful in that it may encourage people to give up.

so that(为了) The office speaks at the top of his voice so that every soldier could hear him.

Therefore(因此) There is a calculating mistake there; therefore, the answer is wrong.

(二)表示解释关系