因此
配合的關係變成因果：既然前面是那樣，後面就這樣，於是它站到了句首當連接詞用。
therefore · r · B2
As a result of something that has just been said; used like 'therefore', often at the start of a sentence.
因此；於是
核心畫面
Picture something being fitted to what came before it — you learn how things stand, and then you shape what you do to match. Accordingly points back at that earlier thing. Sometimes it means "shaped to fit it", and sometimes the fit is a consequence, which is where the "therefore" use comes from.
可以想成：後面的東西被配合著前面的東西調整——你先知道情況如何，再照著那個情況決定怎麼做。accordingly 的…更多收起
可以想成：後面的東西被配合著前面的東西調整——你先知道情況如何，再照著那個情況決定怎麼做。accordingly 的作用就是回頭指著前面那件事。有時候它的意思是「照著那個來調整」，有時候這個配合關係是因果的，於是就成了「因此」。兩個用法的共同點是：它一定要有前面那句話才站得住。From the picture
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in a fitting way · r · B1
In a way that fits a situation, or that follows what someone has done or said.
照著；相應地
原始詞典資料2 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
accordinglyadv/əˈkɔɹ.dɪŋ.li/
- 1
mannerAgreeably; correspondingly; suitably.
- He was absent when I called, and I accordingly left my card.
- We may the number of ships behold, and so proceed accordingly.
- 2
In natural sequence; consequently; so.
- Our preparations were all finished. Accordingly, we set sail.
- Accordingly a young chap wearing his hat over the left eyebrow, some clerk I suppose, - there must have been clerks in the business, though the house was as still as a house in a city of the dead, - came from somewhere up-stairs, and led me forth.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。