SCI写作必备连接词

描述相同Describing similarities

1. Likewise

2. Correspondingly

3. Equally

4. Not only… but also

5. In the same way

6. Similarly

描述因果关系Showing cause and effect

1. Consequently

2. As a result

3. Thus

4. Hence(never ‘hence why’)

5. Since(try to avoid ‘as’ when showing cause and effect)

6. Because

7. Therefore

8. Accordingly

9. This suggests that

10. It follows that

11. For this reason

比较和对照Comparing and contrasting

1. Alternatively

2. However

3. Conversely

4. On the other hand

5. Instead

6. Yet

7. On the contrary

描述局限性Showing limitation or contradiction

1. Despite/in spite of

2. While(not whilst!)

3. Even so

4. On the contrary

5. Nevertheless

6. Nonetheless

7. Although

8. Admittedly

强调、补充和举例Emphasis, addition or examples

1. To illustrate

2. To clarify

3. Further(not ‘furthermore’)

4. First, second and third (not firstly, secondly and thirdly)

5. For instance

6. Moreover

7. Typically

8. Especially

9. In fact

10. Namely

11. In addition

总结Concluding

1. To summarize

2. It can be concluded that

3. As can be seen

4. Ultimately

5. Given the above

6. As described

Finally