1. 表示强调

still, indeed, apparently, oddly enough, of course, after all, significantly, interestingly, also, above all, surely, certainly, undoubtedly, in any case, anyway, above all, in fact, especially, obviously, clearly

2. 表示比较

like, similarly, likewise, in the same way, in the same manner, equally

3. 表示对比

by contrast, on the contrary, while, whereas, on the other hand, unlike, instead, but, conversely, different from, however, nevertheless, otherwise, whereas, unlike, yet, in contrast

4. 表示列举

for example, for instance, such as, take …for example, except (for), to illustrate

5. 表示时间

later, next, then, finally, at last, eventually, meanwhile, from now on, at the same time, for the time being, in the end, immediately, in the meantime, in the meanwhile, recently, soon, now and then, during, nowadays, since, lately, as soon as, afterwards, temporarily, earlier, now, after a while

6. 表示顺序

first, second, third, then, finally, to begin with, first of all, in the first place, last, next, above all, last but not the least, first and most important

7. 表示可能

presumably, probably, perhaps

8. 表示解释

in other words, in fact, as a matter of fact, that is, namely, in simpler terms

9. 表示递进

What is more, in addition, and, besides, also, furthermore, too, moreover, furthermore, as well as, additionally, again

10. 表示让步

although, after all, in spite of…, despite, even if, even though, though, admittedly, whatever may happen

11. 表示转折

however, rather than, instead of, but, yet, on the other hand, unfortunately, whereas

12. 表示原因

for this reason, due to, thanks to, because, because of, as, since, owing to

13. 表示结果

as a result, thus, hence, so, therefore, accordingly, consequently, as a consequence

14. 表示总结

on the whole, in conclusion, in a word, to sum up, in brief, in summary, to conclude, to summarize, in short

15. 其他连接词

mostly, occasionally, currently, naturally, mainly, exactly, evidently, frankly, commonly, for this purpose, to a large extent, for most of us, in many cases, in this case