way是什么意思

详细释义

• 0 a route, direction, or path -- 路，道路；路线

  • Do you know the way to the restaurant? 你知道去餐馆怎么走吗？

  • I've only been living in Madrid for a couple of weeks so I don't really know my way around it yet. 我只在马德里住了几个星期，所以还不太认识周围的路。

  • We'll have to stop for petrol on the way to the airport. 我们得在去机场的路上停下来加油。

  • Can you find your own way out of the building? 你自己能找对路走出这栋楼吗？

  • He elbowed/pushed his way (= hit/pushed people so that he could go past them) to the front of the crowd. 他用胳膊肘／手推搡出一条路，挤到了人群前面。

  • The bus stopped for us to eat lunch but within half an hour we were on our way/under way (= travelling) again. 长途汽车停下来让我们吃午饭，不过不到半小时，我们又上路了。

  • There's no way through here - you'll have to go round. 这里没有路通过去——你们得绕行。

  • They flew from Los Angeles to Toronto by way of Chicago. 他们途径芝加哥从拉斯维加斯飞到多伦多。

  • Many people have lost their way (= become lost) in the forest. 很多人在森林里迷了路。

  • Only local people could find their way through the maze of narrow streets. 只有本地人才能在迷宫般的狭窄街道中找到路。

  • We slowly made our way down the river. 我们慢慢地沿河而下。

  • It's getting late - we should make our way home soon. 天晚了——我们应该动身回家了。

  • "Which way does the room face?" "North." “这个房间朝哪个方向？”“朝北。”

  • Which way up should this box be? (= Which side should be on top?) 这个箱子应该哪一面朝上？

  • The numbers are the wrong way round - it should be 71, not 17. 那个数字颠倒了——应该是71，不是17。

  • I thought the older people would be more offended than the young people, but it was the other way round. 我以为那位老人会比年轻人更加生气，结果情况恰恰相反。

  • I thought the older people would be more offended than the young people, but it was the other way around. 我以为那位老人会比年轻人更加生气，结果情况恰恰相反。

  • Our offices are at 17 King's Way. 我们的办事处在国王路17号。

• 1 a distance or a period of time -- 距离；一段时间

  • We walked a long way yesterday. 昨天我们走了很长的一段路。

  • The holiday seems like it's a long way off. 假期似乎还很遥远。

  • figurative We managed to pull ourselves all the way from 12th place to first place. 我们设法从第12名一直上升到第一名。

  • US They still have a ways to go. 他们还要走一段路。

• 2 a particular choice, opinion, belief, or action, especially from among several possibilities -- 方式，方法；样式；方面

  • I like the way you've done your hair. 我喜欢你的发型。

  • In some/many ways it would be better if we met on Monday rather than Wednesday. 从某些／好多方面来说，我们周一见面要比周三见面好一些。

  • In a way (= partly), I would rather they didn't come because it will mean extra work. 从某一方面来说，我不太愿意他们来，因为那将意味着要额外操劳。

  • He might have to resign or he might be demoted, but either way, his career is effectively over. 他可能要被迫辞职或被降职，但不管怎么说，他的事业实际上已经结束了。

  • They don't write songs the way (= as) they used to. 他们不像以前那样写歌了。

• 3 the manner in which someone behaves or thinks, or in which something happens -- （思维）风格；（行事）作风；（某事发生的）方式

  • Don't worry - it's just his way. 别害怕——他就那样。

  • He looked at me in a sinister way. 他恶狠狠地看着我。

  • It's amazing the way she manages to stay so calm. 她能保持如此镇定真让人惊讶。

  • The way he was shouting, you'd have thought he was badly hurt. 看他大喊大叫的样子，还以为他受了重伤。

  • To my way of thinking, they shouldn't be building so many roads. 依我看，他们不该修这么多路。

  • It's always the way at work - either I have nothing to do or I'm rushed off my feet! 我工作时总是这样——要么无事可做，要么忙得停不住脚！

  • Over the years we've got used to his funny little ways. 多年来，我们已经习惯了他那些滑稽的举动了。

• 4 an action that can produce the result you want; a method -- 措施，方法

  • There are many ways of solving the problem. 解决这个问题有多种方法。

  • [ + to infinitive ] That's not the way to do it - let me show you. 这样做不对——让我给你示范一下。

  • That method hasn't worked, so let's try your way. 那个方法没用，所以让我们试试您的方法。

• 5 the space needed for a particular movement or action -- 通道，过道

  • "Sorry, am I in your way? I'll move." 对不起，我挡了您的路吗？我马上让开。

  • I couldn't see the stage because there was a pillar in the way (= between me and the stage). 我看不到舞台，因为有一根柱子挡在我和舞台之间。

  • Make way for some new clothes by clearing out ones you never wear. 通过清除那些不穿的为新衣服清理出一些空间来。

  • You need to get out of the way of that car. 你需要给那辆车让开道。

  • figurative She's determined to succeed and she won't let anything get/stand in her way (= prevent her). 她下决心要取得成功，她不会让任何事情妨碍她。

• 6 If someone gets or has their way, what they want happens. -- 如愿以偿

  • If she doesn't get/have her (own) way, she sulks like a four-year-old. 如果一切不是都按她的意愿来，她就会像个四岁小孩一样生气。

• 7 the bad condition or state of someone or something, especially the state of a person's health -- （坏的）状况（或情况）（尤指健康）

  • He's been in a bad way (= very ill) ever since the operation. 自从那次手术以来，他一直病得很重。

• 8 used to emphasize degree or separation, especially in space or time -- 过度，大幅（尤其用于强调时间或空间中的程度或距离）

  • After the third lap, she was way behind the other runners. 跑过第三圈后，她已远远落后其他运动员。

  • She spends way too much money on clothes. 她花太多的钱买衣服。

• 9 in the direction of -- 向…的方向，沿…的方向

  • I think they live Birmingham way. 我认为他们住在伯明翰那一带。