1、Signal / Transitional Words and Phrases 过渡词大全（信号词） Addition: 表：此外；还有；加之；and, also, too, either, 也as well, 同样not onlybut also, not onlybut， besides， in addition， 另外as well as;除 以外moreover 此外，而且 Sequence: 顺序词: Time order; space order; logical orderin the first place, 首先first of all, 首先to begin with, 首
2、先firstly, 首先at first 开始时 =at the beginningfor a start, 首先then, and then 然后again, next, 再者；其次；afterward, subsequently，随后besides, in addition, 此外additionally,加之moreover, whats more,furthermore, 此外，而且one more thing,此外a further, 此外for one thing,首先for another,另外 previously, 之前meanwhile, 以此同时simultaneousl
3、y, 同时concurrently,同时in the middle/process of=duringlastly, 最后 finally,in the end； eventually 最后last but not least,最后 Time sequence words 现在，现阶段2. when, before, after, as, while, during;3. the moment正当 4. as soon as一 就 .5. hardly.when. 一 就 .6. scarcelywhen一 就 .7. no soonerthan. 一 就 .8. be about to正要9
4、. once 一旦10. betweenand.;11. in(year), e.g. in 1997; in 200012. last ; yesterday morning;13. on Friday, on Friday morning,14. in July, in winter15. on the eve of the Spring Festival除夕之夜16. on the Mid-Autumn Day;中秋夜17. on the evening of the Mid-autumn Day18. on the National Day19. during the 8-day ho
5、liday20. over the last 10 years/decade21. in the day(day-time), at night, 22. in the morning/evening/afternoon;23. at daybreak, at sunrise, at sunset, 24. at noon, at midnight,25. at the end of this/last month/year;26. by the end of this/last year； by the time27. at that time, then, just then,28. si
6、nce; from then on29. recently,( in) those days,( in) these days30. later, afterwards, earlier, formerly, .later, later on.31. at the turn of century32. in the first half of the century33. in the 1990s, etc.34. in the future, in recent future, in 2015,35. at birth, in childhood, in infancy （年少时） ,36.
7、 in adolescence（青春期）； 37. when I was young, when I was a little boy/girl, 38. in my teens, when I was a teenager,39. in my early/middle/late 20s40. as an adult, in adult-hood, in old ages 在晚年 ,41. at death.42. Simultaneously, simultaneous with, at the same time, in the meantime, as, meanwhile43. the
8、 former, the latter, previous, previously, prior to,44. Ex-president, ex-girlfriend 45. first, second, third,finally.46. Firstly, secondly, thirdly.47. In the first place, in the second place, etc. 48. To begin with, next, then, subsequently=afterwards, in the next place;49. In conclusion, finally,
9、lastly, in the end, eventually,.50. Until， till now， so far;51. Before long= soon,不久52. long before 很久以前53. at this time tomorrow;54. by the time when55. later on 后来56. For the time being 到目前为止；暂时57. In two weeks time 两周后58. In two weeks from today 离今天两周的时间内59. Sometime next week 下周的某个时候60. This tim
10、e next week 下个星期的这个时候61. Time and time again 再三62. From time to timee.g. I see him from time to time 我不时地去看他63. Ok, times out. lets come back to this later. 好，时间到了。让我们迟些再谈这个64. They bought him a cake in time for his birthday 他们及时买了一个蛋糕祝贺他的生日65. 提前半小时：half an hour early; thirty minutes early;early by
11、 half an hour;half an hour ahead of time;half an hour ahead of schedulein advanceRefer to expressions of time.doc Process order words at this point/moment,5. before, while,6. at the same time,7. after, when. once. 8. lastly， finally,9. in the end,10. at last; Definition:下定义用词a term,is/are (called),
12、we have sth. called,is known as,is defined as, 被定义为consist of,由 组成is comprised of=be made up of, is a form of, is formed of,refer to, = stand for 代表is called = is referred to asmean；is concerned with,is about Explanation: 解释词：也就是in other words, that is,I mean, namely, 即that is to say,another way of
13、saying, equally,refer to Adversative: 表示相反、对比之词（contrast） ；转折whereas, while, but, yet, however,unfortunately, nevertheless,on the other hand,on the contrary, conversely, meanwhile, after all,in contrast,although this may be true,still, instead,though, despite, in spite of,although,apart from, even i
14、f Comparison:比较相似用词：asas, 同 一样the same as, 与 .同样的similarly, 同样is similar to 类似于more than, 比 更 most,in contrast, 相反by contras witht 与 相比 ,in comparison with,与 相比compared with/to,与 相比 overrun, =exceedoutstrip,超过exceed, 超过，胜过outdo, 胜过outweigh, =is more thansurpass, =exceedbeat, 打败by comparison,比较起来wher
15、e, up against, 面临as opposed to 与 相对；与 成对比 Cause: 表原因用词because,because of,for this purpose/reason, there are three reasons whysince=now that,as, for, about, as a result of,result from,for the same reason, for some reasonsobviously, evidently,due to, owing to,thanks to, on account ofoweto., contribute
16、to,seeing that; =in view of.the reason for is that.; out of 出于 ；considering Effect： 表结果：as a result, 因此，结果consequently, accordingly， so, then, therefore,to this end,=finallythus, hence, hereby,result in= lead to, so that， so/such.that.； the result of is that; the effect of is that; the consequence o
17、f is thatso as to ;have an effect on,have influence upon,make possible;make it (im-)possible for sb to do sth. Condition（表条件）：if，whether,unless 除非 =if notprovided that, 假如 = providing thatas long as = so long as,depending on;no matter wh-Young as you are. On condition that条件是 Emphasis（表强调）: definite
18、ly, extremely, obviously, in fact,indeed, in any case, absolutely, positively, naturally, surprisingly,always, forever, perennially,eternally, never,emphatically, unquestionably,without a doubt, certainly, undeniably, without reservation,what I want to talk about is,and most important, a major development, why it is so important,now it is important,remember that,the important idea is that,in particular, especially,actually
