way是什么意思？

If you refer to a way of doing something, you are referring to how you can do it, for example the action you can take or the method you can use to achieve it.

If you talk about the way someone does something, you are talking about the qualities their action has.

If a general statement or description is true in a particular way, this is the form of it that is true in a particular case.

You use way in expressions such as in some ways ,in many ways, and in every way to indicate the degree or extent to which a statement is true.

The ways of a particular person or group of people are their customs or their usual behaviour.

If you refer to someone's way, you are referring to their usual or preferred type of behaviour.

You use way to refer to one particular opinion or interpretation of something, when others are possible.

You use way when mentioning one of a number of possible, alternative results or decisions.

The way you feel about something is your attitude to it or your opinion about it.

If you mention the way that something happens, you are mentioning the fact that it happens.

You use way in expressions such as push your way ,work your way, or eat your way, followed by a prepositional phrase or adverb, in order to indicate movement, progress, or force as well as the action described by the verb.

The way somewhere consists of the different places that you go through or the route that you take in order to get there.

If you go or look a particular way, you go or look in that direction.

You can refer to the direction you are travelling in as your way .

If you lose your way, you take a wrong or unfamiliar route, so that you do not know how to get to the place that you want to go to. If you find your way, you manage to get to the place that you want to go to.

You talk about people going their different ways in order to say that their lives develop differently and they have less contact with each other.

If something comes your way, you get it or receive it.

If someone or something is in the way, they prevent you from moving forward or seeing clearly.

Way is used in the names of some roads, and also in the names of some long paths for walkers in the countryside.

You can use way to refer to the area near where someone lives or near a specified place.

You use way in expressions such as the right way up and the other way around to refer to one of two or more possible positions or arrangements that something can have.

You can use way to emphasize, for example, that something is a great distance away or is very much below or above a particular level or amount.

If you split something a number of ways, you divide it into a number of different parts or quantities, usually fairly equal in size.

Way is used in expressions such as a long way ,a little way, and quite a way, to say how far away something is or how far you have travelled.

Way is used in expressions such as a long way ,a little way, and quite a way, to say how far away in time something is.

You use way in expressions such as all the way ,most of the way and half the way to refer to the extent to which an action has been completed.

If something is across the way, it is nearby on the opposite side of a road or area.

You use all the way to emphasize how long a distance is.

You can use all the way to emphasize that your remark applies to every part of a situation, activity, or period of time.

You can use as is the way to say that a particular situation or example of behaviour is typical and you would not expect it to be different.

If you say that someone is in a bad way, you mean that they are very ill or unhealthy.

If you say that something exists, happens, or develops in a big way, you are emphasizing its great extent or importance.

If someone says that you can't have it both ways, they are telling you that you have to choose between two things and cannot do or have them both.

You say by the way when you add something to what you are saying, especially something that you have just thought of.

You use by way of when you are explaining the purpose of something that you have said or are about to say. For example, if you say something by way of an introduction, you say it as an introduction.

If you do something by way of a particular method, you use that method to do it.

If you go somewhere by way of a particular place, you go through that place in order to get to where you want.

If someone changes their ways or mends their ways, they permanently improve their behaviour or their way of doing something.

If you clear the way ,open the way, or prepare the way for something, you create an opportunity for it to happen.

If you say that someone takes the easy way out, you disapprove of them because they do what is easiest for them in a difficult situation, rather than dealing with it properly.

You use either way in order to introduce a statement which is true in each of the two possible or alternative cases that you have just mentioned.

If you say that a particular type of action or development is the way forward, you approve of it because it is likely to lead to success.

If someone gets their way or has their way, nobody stops them doing what they want to do. You can also say that someone gets their own way or has their own way .

If one thing gives way to another, the first thing is replaced by the second.

If an object that is supporting something gives way, it breaks or collapses, so that it can no longer support that thing.

If you give way to someone or something that you have been resisting, you stop resisting and allow yourself to be persuaded or controlled by them.

If a moving person, a vehicle, or its driver gives way, they slow down or stop in order to allow other people or vehicles to pass in front of them.

If you say that someone or something has a way of doing a particular thing, you mean that they often do it.

If you say hat a person has a way with something or someone, you mean that that person seems to have a natural skill or instinct for dealing with them.

If you say have it your way or have it your own way, you are telling someone in an annoyed way that you will agree with or accept their suggestion even though you do not think they are right.

You use in no way or not in any way to emphasize that a statement is not at all true.

If you say that something is true in a way, you mean that although it is not completely true, it is true to a limited extent or in certain respects. You use in a way to reduce the force of a statement.

If you say that someone does something in a small way, you mean that although they do not do very much, their actions are useful or important.

If you say that someone gets in the way or is in the way, you are annoyed because their presence or their actions stop you doing something properly.

To get in the way of something means to make it difficult for it to happen, continue, or be appreciated properly.

If you know your way around a particular subject, system, or job, or if you know your way about it, you know all the procedures and facts about it.

If you say that someone is laughing all the way to the bank, you mean that they are making a lot of money very easily.

If you lead the way along a particular route, you go along it in front of someone in order to show them where to go.

If a person or group leads the way in a particular activity, they are the first person or group to do it or they make the most new developments in it.

If you say that someone or something has come a long way, you mean that they have developed, progressed, or become very successful.

You can use by a long way to emphasize that something is, for example, much better, worse, or bigger than any other thing of that kind.

If you say that something is a long way from being true, you are emphasizing that it is definitely not true.

If you say that something goes a long way towards doing a particular thing, you mean that it is an important factor in achieving that thing.

If you say that someone has lost their way, you are criticizing them because they do not have any good ideas any more, or seem to have become unsure about what to do.

When you make your way somewhere, you walk or travel there.

If one person or thing makes way for another, the first is replaced by the second.

If you say there's no way that something will happen, you are emphasizing that you think it will definitely not happen.

You can say no way as an emphatic way of saying no.

You use in the way of or by way of in order to specify the kind of thing you are talking about.

If you are on your way, you have started your journey somewhere.

If you go on your way, you continue with your journey.

If something happens on the way or along the way, it happens during the course of a particular event or process.

If you are on your way or well on your way to something, you have made so much progress that you are almost certain to achieve that thing.

If something is on the way, it will arrive soon.

You can use one way or another or one way or the other when you want to say that something definitely happens, but without giving any details about how it happens.

You use one way or the other or one way or another to refer to two possible decisions or conclusions that have previously been mentioned, without stating which one is reached or preferred.

You say in more ways than one to indicate that what you have said is intended to have more than one meaning.

You use the other way around or the other way round to refer to the opposite of what you have just said.

If something or someone is on the way out or on their way out, they are likely to disappear or to be replaced very soon.

If you go out of your way to do something, for example to help someone, you make a special effort to do it.

If you keep out of someone's way or stay out of their way, you avoid them or do not get involved with them.

When something is out of the way, it has finished or you have dealt with it, so that it is no longer a problem or needs no more time spent on it.

If you go your own way, you do what you want rather than what everyone else does or expects.

You use in the same way to introduce a situation that you are comparing with one that you have just mentioned, because there is a strong similarity between them.

If you say that someone is set in their ways, you mean that they have been behaving in the same way for many years and do not want to change.

You can use that way and this way to refer to a statement or comment that you have just made.

You can use that way or this way to refer to an action or situation that you have just mentioned, when you go on to mention the likely consequence or effect of it.

You can use the way things are going to indicate that you expect something to happen because of the way the present situation is developing.

You add to my way of thinking to a statement in order to indicate that you are giving your opinion.

If you say that there are no two ways about it, you are emphasizing that there is no doubt at all about a particular situation or about how it should be interpreted.

If an activity or plan is under way, it has begun and is now taking place.

Every which way and any which way are used to emphasize that something happens, or might happen, in a lot of different ways, or using a lot of different methods.

Every which way is used to emphasize that things move in a lot of different directions or are arranged in a lot of different positions.