很多同学一度误以为作文字数不够是不会扣分的，但事实上是会扣分的，而且许多同学经常会觉得作文字数凑不满，那么怎么来解决这个问题呢?如果我们阅读一篇学术文章，不难发现其实里面会有很多的无意义词，什么是无意义词呢?其实就是那些连接词和议论文经常套用的小短语，它们不会影响整篇文章的总体意思，却可以提高文章的连贯性，而通过这个方法，字数不够的问题也迎刃而解了。

　　以下是雅思写作必备的连词汇总。用下划线highlight的词是适合那些总感觉雅思作文写不长、写不满250字、需要灌水的同学。

　　· To signal sequence or addition

　　Accordingly, actually, additionally, afterwards, again, also, and, another, as was previously stated, as well as, at the same time, besides this, consistent with this, correspondingly, equally important, finally, further, furthermore, in addition, in a like manner, in the first place, in the same way, including, initially, last, likewise, more importantly, moreover, next, originally, overall, primarily, similarly, to begin with, too, what is more.

　　· To signal time

　　After, afterward, as long as, at first, at last, at length, at the same time, before, concurrently, currently, during, finally, following, immediately, in the future, in the meantime, last but not least, later, meanwhile, next, once, presently, rarely, simultaneously, sometimes, subsequently, then, this time, until, until then, whenever, while.

　　· To show results

　　Accordingly, as a result, consequently, for this reason, hence, in other words, in that case, it follows that, it is evident that, otherwise, owing to, resulting from this, so it can be seen that, that being the case, therefore this implies, this suggests that, thus, under these circumstances.

　　· To introduce evidence/support/reasons

　　Contradictory to this, contrarily, in support of this, it follows, this is clear because, the evidence for···is, the reasons for···are, this is supported by, to affirm this, to attest to this, to corroborate, to explain, to further confirm, to further verify, to list, to substantiate this, in substantiation.

　　· To signal repetition, summary, or conclusion

　　Accordingly, all in all, all together, as a final point, as a result, as I have noted, as indicated earlier, as mentioned, as previously stated, as we have seen, briefly, by and large, consequently, finally, given these facts, hence, in brief, in conclusion, in other words, in short, in summary, to sum up, in summation, on the whole, overall, since, so, summing up, then, therefore, thus, thus we can see that, to conclude, to recapitulate, to repeat, to review.

　　· To introduce causes or effects

　　Accordingly, as a result, because, consequently, due to, for as much as, for that reason, hence, in as much as, in that, in view of, on account of, owing, since, then, therefore, thus, to narrow the focus, after all, from this perspective, from this point of view, given this context, in fact, in order to, in other words, in particular, in this case, in this context, indeed, particularly, put another way, specifically, that is, this is particularly true when, under certain, circumstances, up to a point, with this in mind.

　　· To contrast

　　After all, although, alternately, and yet, at the same time, be that as it may, contrastingly, conversely, despite, dissimilarly, even though, for all that, however, in contrast, in contrast to this, in opposition to this, in reality, in spite of this, inconsistent with this is that, instead, meanwhile, nevertheless, nonetheless, notwithstanding, on the contrary, on the one hand, on the other hand, otherwise, paradoxically, rather than, regardless of, still, though, whereas, when in fact, yet.

　　· To compare

　　Also, analogous to, another similar issue is, at the same time, by the same token, equally, in comparison, in like manner, in similar fashion, in the same way, likewise, similarly.

　　· To clarify

　　In other words, that is, that is to say, this means that, to clarify, to elaborate, to explain, to paraphrase, to put it another way.

　　· To show purpose

　　In order to, in the hope that, for the purpose, with this end, to the end that, with this objective

　　· To dismiss

　　All the same, at any rate, either way, in any event, in either case, whatever happens.

　　· To signal concession

　　Admittedly, albeit, although it is true that certainly, even so, granted, it may appear that, knowing this, naturally, of course, this is only the case when, while this is true, while it may seem that.

　　· To signify a condition

　　Granting that, in the event of, on the condition that, providing that, so long as

　　· To prove examples

　　As an illustration, by way of example, for example, for instance, in particular, in support of this, notably, to demonstrate, to elaborate, to exemplify, to highlight, to illustrate, specifically, that is.

　　· To reference

　　Concerning this, considering this, with respect to, with regards to

　　· To emphasize

　　Above all, as a matter of fact, certainly, chiefly, especially, importantly, in any case, in particular, indeed, it must be emphasized, that, mainly, mostly, notably, obviously, of course, particularly, primarily, specifically, truly, undoubtedly.

　　当然这里还要提醒考生们需要注意的是，必须理解这些词的用法而不能机械的带入到句子中，否则反而会显得非常突兀，影响全文整体的感觉。希望同学们在练习写作的过程中，尝试着使用这些词，会感觉受益匪浅。