當你說或寫英語時，連接詞可以幫助你連接想法和句子。
我們可以使用連接詞來舉例、添加信息、總結、排序信息、給出原因或結果，或者對比想法。
以下是最常見的鏈接詞和短語的列表：
舉例 Giving examples
- For example
- For instance
常見連接詞
- And
- In addition
- As well as
- Also
- Too
- Furthermore
- Moreover
- Apart from
- In addition to
- Besides
And
“We discussed training, education and the budget.”
“我們討論了培訓、教育和預算。”
Also
（表達強調/也..）
“We also spoke about marketing.”
“我們也談到了營銷。”
“We are concerned not only by the costs, but also by the competition.”
“我們不僅擔心成本，還擔心競爭。”
As well as
“As well as the costs, we are concerned by the competition.”
“We are interested in costs as well as the competition.”
Too
Too goes either at the end of the sentence, or after the subject and means as well.
“They were concerned too.”
“I, too, was concerned.”
Apart from
“Apart from Rover, we are the largest sports car manufacturer.”
“除了羅孚，我們是最大的跑車製造商。”
“Besides Rover, we are the largest sports car manufacturer.”
“除了羅孚，我們是最大的跑車製造商。”
Moreover
“Marketing plans give us an idea of the potential market. Moreover, they tell us about the competition.”
故事總結 Summarising
In short
In brief
In summary
To summarise
In a nutshell
To conclude
In conclusion
We normally use these words at the beginning of the sentence to give a summary of what we have said or written.
思路 Sequencing ideas
The former, … the latter
Firstly, secondly, finally
The first point is
Lastly
The following
The former, … the latter 前者.. 後者..
“Marketing and finance are both covered in the course. The former is studied in the first term and the latter is studied in the final term.”
Firstly, … secondly, … finally (or lastly)
It’s rare to use “fourthly”, or “fifthly”.
Instead, try the first point, the second point, the third point and so on.
很少使用“第四次”或“第五次”。
相反，嘗試第一點、第二點、第三點等等。
The following 以下
“The following people have been chosen to go on the training course: N Peters, C Jones and A Owen.”
“以下人員已被選中參加培訓課程：N Peters、C Jones 和 A Owen。”
描述原因 Giving a reason
Due to / due to the fact that
Owing to / owing to the fact that
Because
Because of
Since
As
Due to / Owing to (由於..）
Due to 和 owing to 後面加名詞
“Due to the rise in oil prices, the inflation rate rose by 1.25%.”
“由於油價上漲，通脹率上升了1.25%。”
Due to 和 owing to 後面加子句
“Owing to the demand, we are unable to supply all items within 2 weeks.”
“由於需求，我們無法在 2 週內供應所有物品。”
“Due to the fact that oil prices have risen, the inflation rate has gone up by 1%25.”
“Owing to the fact that the workers have gone on strike, the company has been unable to fulfill all its orders.”
Because / because of (因為..）
Because of ＋名詞
“Because of bad weather, the football match was postponed.”
“因為天氣不好，足球比賽被推遲了。”
“Because it was raining, the match was postponed.”
“因為下雨，比賽被推遲了。”
“We believe in incentive schemes, because we want our employees to be more productive.”
“我們相信激勵計劃，因為我們希望我們的員工更有效率。”
Since / as （因為＝because）
“Since the company is expanding, we need to hire more staff.”
As the company is expanding, we need to hire more staff.”
“由於公司在擴張，我們需要雇傭更多的員工。”
“隨著公司的擴張，我們需要雇傭更多的員工。”
描述結果 Giving a result
Therefore
So
Consequently
This means that
As a result
Therefore, so, consequently and as a result are all used in a similar way.
“The company are expanding. Therefore / So / Consequently / As a result, they are taking on extra staff.”
“公司正在擴張。 因此/所以/結果/結果，他們正在招聘額外的員工。”
（So比較不正式 ）
對比想法 Contrasting ideas
But
However
Although / even though
Despite / despite the fact that
In spite of / in spite of the fact that
Nevertheless
Nonetheless
While
Whereas
Unlike
In theory… in practice…
But/However (但是/然而)
使用 But 比較不正式
使用 however 比較正式
“He works hard, but he doesn’t earn much.”
“他工作很努力，但收入並不多。”
“He works hard. However, he doesn’t earn much.”
“他工作很努力。 不過，他賺的不多。”
Although/despite/in spite of (雖然/儘管)
“Although it was cold, she went out in shorts.”
“雖然很冷，她還是穿著短褲出去了。”
“In spite of the cold, she went out in shorts.”
“儘管很冷，她還是穿著短褲出去了。”
“Despite the fact that the company was doing badly, they took on extra employees.”
“儘管公司表現不佳，但他們還是增加了員工。”
Nevertheless /nonetheless /in spite of that （儘管如此）
“The sea was cold, but he went swimming nevertheless.” (In spite of the fact that it was cold.)
“海很冷，但他還是去游泳了。” （儘管它很冷。）
“The company is doing well. Nonetheless, they aren’t going to expand this year.”
“公司經營得很好。 儘管如此，他們今年不會擴大規模。”
While/ whereas / unlike(然而)
“While my sister has blue eyes, mine are brown.”
“雖然我姐姐的眼睛是藍色的，但我的眼睛是棕色的。”
“Taxes have gone up, whereas social security contributions have gone down.”
“稅收增加了，而社會保障繳款卻減少了。”
“Unlike in the UK, the USA has cheap petrol.”
“與英國不同，美國的汽油價格便宜。”
In theory… in practice… （理論上…在實踐上…）
表達出意想不到的結果(an unexpected result.)
“In theory, teachers should prepare for lessons, but in practice, they often don’t have enough time.”
“理論上，教師應該備課，但在實踐中，他們往往沒有足夠的時間準備。”
