英语关联词用法 比如but because although thus等等

一．连接并列句的词关联系是：and, but, or ,for
例如：
All horses are animals, but not all animals are horses.
所有的马都是动物，但并不是所有的动物都是马。
We don't know whether he's alive or dead.
我们不知道他是死是活。
二．连接从句的词
1. 连接定语从句：that，which, who, whom, why, when, as, whose，where
例如：
The money was donated by a local businessman who wishes to remain anonymous .
这笔款子是当地一位不愿透露姓名的企业家捐赠的。
He was banished to Australia, where he died five years later.
他被流放到澳大利亚，五年后在那里去世。
2. 连接状语从句的词：when, where, as if, the moment,before, after
例如：
The ball bounced twice before he could reach it.
球弹了两次他才接到。
Travelling in Europe was something of an anticlimax after the years he'd spent in Africa.
他在非洲生活了多年，到欧洲旅行真是有点太平淡了。
When I met the Gills, I had been gardening for nearly ten years.
遇到吉尔一家时我已经做了近10年的园艺工作。
3. 引导名词性从句：what, how, why, when, where, who, whoever, wherever, whenever
例如：
Afterwards she was sorry for what she'd said.
后来她后悔说了那些话。
Whoever breaks the school windows will be in trouble! v无论谁打破了学校的窗子，都要受罚。
另外英语的连接词还有not only.....but also, neither...... nor, either...... or等。例如：. In production, we demand not only quantity but also quality.
我们的产品不但要求数量多,而且要求质量高.
Neither volleyball nor basketball is a hundred years old.
排球和篮球都不到一百年的历史。
Concentrators in geological sciences elect either geology or geography.
主修地质学的学生要选修地质学或地理课程。