TOEFL 连词运用汇集

This article includes the conjunctions and their applications.

Addition Conjunctions

The conjunctions indicating agreement, addition and similarity relations and are their application examples are listed as below.

• and
  • e.g. The wind recedes, and the sun start to blaze.
• or
  • e.g. Either you or me have to cope with this mess.
• also
  • e.g. He is capable of designing a mansion with unique facade. Also, he can make it come true.
• equally
  • e.g. At the south stands a monument. Equally, you can always find another one at the north in accord to the rule.
• moreover
  • e.g. Cooking is a basic life skill. Moreover, cooking enables you to cook delicious food, which can have unexpected positive effects on negative emotions.
• besides
  • e.g. Besides, cooking can serve as a reason to gather your friends together, and thus strenthen the relationships in between.
• as
  • e.g. As is known, the moon revolves the earth while it rotates on its own axis.
  • e.g. The sun rotates in the same direction as the earth.
• too
  • e.g. We are all awear of the fact that the earth will rotate. What we are not usually familiar with is that the moon will rotate, too.
• as well as
  • e.g. You can take an apple as well as a banana with you for the lengthy trip.
• coupled with / together with
  • e.g. Considering the extensive experiences teachers have coupled with their authority, there is no doubt that students are much more influenced by their teachers than their friends.
  • e.g. Together with its astonishing headway, the warship can use its undefeatable weapon system to conquer the enemy in no time.
• similarly
  • e.g. To attenuate an acid, one should instill the acid into water. Similarly, one needs to instill an alkali into water in order to attenuate it.
• additionally / in addition
  • e.g. The committee bestowed the Nobel Prize on him. Additionally, his own country awarded large amounts of money to him for his gread contributions to science.
  • e.g. The committee bestowed the Nobel Prize on him. In addition, his own country awarded large amounts of money to him for his gread contributions to science.
• of course
  • e.g. The president is, of course, a vital person of a nation. Yet, the people are the fundation of it.
• likewise
  • e.g. Will wanted to do likewise, but felt discomfited.
• correspondingly
  • e.g. As his political stature has strunk, he has grown correspondingly more dependent on the army.
• by the same token
  • e.g. Candies render obesity for the calories contained in their sugar ingredients. By the same token, chocolates gives rise to obesity, too, because their ingredients contain large amounts of calories.
• again
  • e.g. Again they were putting themselves into hot water.
• in the same fashion / in the same mannar / in the same way
  • e.g. Other people will not approach everything in the same fashion as you. listing to their advices provides you with boarder horizons, which, as a consequence, can improve yourself a great deal.
  • e.g. It might sound almost too simple, but the next step is to analyze each of these just-discovered service provides in the same mannar.
  • e.g. People can hardly love others in the same way as they do to their children.
• in the first place
  • e.g. Planning is key, not only for tracking your progress, but to insure that you can finish on time in the first place.
  • e.g. If they had known what they had been going to do would result in such a dilemma, why were they even trying to do so in the first place?
• not to mention...
  • e.g. A bowl of dull noddles costs already a hundred dollars, not to mention the delicate set menu.
• in the light of / in accord to / according to
  • e.g. He discussed how to evaluate BI solutions in the light of existing infrustructure, while avoiding technology biases and other hidden traps that can detail projects.
  • e.g. There are also some suggestions on pedestrian planning in residential areas, which are in accord to China's actual situation.
  • e.g. According to Christian religion, Jesus Christ resurrected from death.

Opposition Conjunctions

The conjunctions indicating opposition, limitation and contradition relations and are their application examples are listed as below.

• but
  • e.g. It is true that life is always pushing you, but you can always make a choice.
• instead
  • e.g. Some people do not enjoy working five days a week for shorter hours, instead they hold the opinion that working three days a week for longer hours is more enjoyable.
• although this may be true
  • e.g. Some people argues that if people have oppotunities to get a secure job, they should take it right away. Although this may be true in some circumstances, where ones' oppotunities are clearly bounded by their own capacity, yet if people have a chance to make a difference, it is a much better choice, I suppose, to try their best. In this case of choosing a job, people should wait for the one providing them with more satisfactions.
• in contrast
  • e.g. In contrast with its surface fleet, Britain's submarine force was relatively small.
• different from
  • e.g. Different from the past, education is nowadays a topic in which parents become increasingly involved.
• of course..., but...
  • e.g. Of course, since you have quick access to solutions from you parents when you are in troubles during your work, choosing a job similar to your parents' has obvious benefits. But you and your family are going to lose chances to explore the world with diversity and potential surprises and beauties you may discover in your own voyage.
• on the contrary
  • e.g. Knowledge and information are not a minor factor determining whether a person is going to be successful. On the contrary, they are the key to one's success.
• on the other hand
  • e.g. Science benefits the human race. On the other hand, it can destroy us all.
• at the same time
  • e.g. Theoretical knowledge is, without any doubt, very important. At the same time, practical skill, which is essential as well, should be paid attention to.
• in spite of / despite
  • e.g. In spite of how much time you have spent on the project, you cannot succeed if you are not aware of the customers' demands.
  • e.g. Despite his lack of experience, he got the job.
• even so
  • e.g. It has many omissions, even so, it is quite a useful reference book.
• be that as it may
  • e.g. These principles are extraordinarily complicated to prove theorectically. Be that as it may, in practice they are likely to be interpreted so as to lead to the same ideas about the observed universe.
• then again
  • e.g. Having no idea what they did had led to what a serious result, then again they performed the same action.
• in reality
  • e.g. Spending more money on university professors' salaries seems to be a solution to improve the education quality. In reality, the money is spent on the wrong place, where the professors will not change the way they teach to improve their teaching quality merely because of an increase in their salaries.
• after all
  • e.g. After all whether a professor can provide high-quality lectures depends heavily on whether his teaching habits match the students' comprehension patterns.
• (and) still
  • e.g. That cup of water has been standing for at least 10 minutes. And still it is not cool enough to drink because of such a hot weather.
• unlike
  • e.g. Unlike most people, he found a tricky way to bypass the authorization system and got access to the data.
• yet
  • e.g. The polluted water she poured into the river has caused thousands of fishes to die. Yet she does not realize her mistake.
• whilst
  • e.g. He was at his happiest whilst playing cricket.
  • e.g. The firm will be able to undercut its competitors whilst still making a profit.
• albeit
  • e.g. You are to be given one method of communication with your rival, albeit indirect communication.
• whereas
  • e.g. He had never done anything for them, whereas they had done everything for him.
  • e.g. Whereas the following incidents have occurred, there is no use to blame anyone but to improve our security policies.
• conversely
  • e.g. Every action you do every day builds your life or, conversely, helps to destroy it.
• otherwise
  • e.g. We must achieve modernization of science and technology, otherwise we will lag behind other nations.
• regardless
  • e.g. Regardless where we are and what we are doing, we want access to our data in this information age.
• nevertheless
  • e.g. It seems to be a general truth that successful people try new things and take risks rather than doing what they already know how to do well. Nevertheless, the marjority of people are ordinary ones who are not that successful, and they still have to make a living, in which case doing what they are specialized in is a better choice to ensure they can live a stable life.
• notwithstanding
  • e.g. The harm may make us feel revengeful, notwithstanding, we should learn to readily forgive others.