英文关联词有哪些？

文章的关联词能够帮助读者快速理清文章脉络，抓住关键信息。所以，对于一篇优秀文章来说，关联词的使用是必不可少的。能在文章中起到“起承转合”之效。关联词有哪些呢？让我们一起来看一看。

（1）用于“启”的关联词语通常用在段落或文章的开头：
first, first of all, at first, in the first place, firstly, to begin with, to start with, recently, now, nowadays, at present, in recent years,in general, generally speaking, lately, currently等。

（2）用于“承”的关联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等。

（3）用于“转”的关联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等。

（4）用于“合”的关联词语通常用在段落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, therefore, as a result, above all, thus, after all, eventually, hence, in sum（总之）, on the whole（就整体而言）, to sum up等。