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 way [wei]   添加此单词到默认生词本
n. 路, 路线, 路途, 方法, 道路, 情形, 规模, 习惯, 行业, 方面

ad. 远远地, 非常

[机] 方法, 手段, 道路


  1. The discussion wandered way off the point.
    这项讨论偏离了主题。
  2. The work must be finished in one way or another.
    这件事必须设法做好。
  3. We lost the way in the dark.
    我们在黑夜中迷路了。


way
[ noun ]
  1. how something is done or how it happens

  2. <noun.attribute>
    her dignified manner
    his rapid manner of talking
    their nomadic mode of existence
    in the characteristic New York style
    a lonely way of life
    in an abrasive fashion
  3. how a result is obtained or an end is achieved

  4. <noun.act>
    a means of control
    an example is the best agency of instruction
    the true way to success
  5. a line leading to a place or point

  6. <noun.location>
    he looked the other direction
    didn't know the way home
  7. the condition of things generally

  8. <noun.state>
    that's the way it is
    I felt the same way
  9. a course of conduct

  10. <noun.act>
    the path of virtue
    we went our separate ways
    our paths in life led us apart
    genius usually follows a revolutionary path
  11. any artifact consisting of a road or path affording passage from one place to another

  12. <noun.artifact>
    he said he was looking for the way out
  13. a journey or passage

  14. <noun.act>
    they are on the way
  15. space for movement

  16. <noun.quantity>
    room to pass
    make way for
    hardly enough elbow room to turn around
  17. the property of distance in general

  18. <noun.attribute>
    it's a long way to Moscow
    he went a long ways
  19. doing as one pleases or chooses

  20. <noun.cognition>
    if I had my way
  21. a general category of things; used in the expression `in the way of'

  22. <noun.cognition>
    they didn't have much in the way of clothing
  23. a portion of something divided into shares

  24. <noun.possession>
    they split the loot three ways
[ adv ]
  1. to a great degree or by a great distance; very much (`right smart' is regional in the United States)

  2. <adv.all>
    way over budget
    way off base
    the other side of the hill is right smart steeper than the side we are on


Way \Way\, v. t.
To go or travel to; to go in, as a way or path. [Obs.] ``In
land not wayed.'' --Wyclif.


Way \Way\, v. i.
To move; to progress; to go. [R.]

On a time as they together wayed. --Spenser.


Way \Way\, n. [OE. wey, way, AS. weg; akin to OS., D., OHG., &
G. weg, Icel. vegr, Sw. v["a]g, Dan. vei, Goth. wigs, L. via,
and AS. wegan to move, L. vehere to carry, Skr. vah.
[root]136. Cf. {Convex}, {Inveigh}, {Vehicle}, {Vex}, {Via},
{Voyage}, {Wag}, {Wagon}, {Wee}, {Weigh}.]
1. That by, upon, or along, which one passes or processes;
opportunity or room to pass; place of passing; passage;
road, street, track, or path of any kind; as, they built a
way to the mine. ``To find the way to heaven.'' --Shak.

I shall him seek by way and eke by street.
--Chaucer.

The way seems difficult, and steep to scale.
--Milton.

The season and ways were very improper for his
majesty's forces to march so great a distance.
--Evelyn.

2. Length of space; distance; interval; as, a great way; a
long way.

And whenever the way seemed long,
Or his heart began to fail. --Longfellow.

3. A moving; passage; procession; journey.

I prythee, now, lead the way. --Shak.

4. Course or direction of motion or process; tendency of
action; advance.

If that way be your walk, you have not far.
--Milton.

And let eternal justice take the way. --Dryden.

5. The means by which anything is reached, or anything is
accomplished; scheme; device; plan.

My best way is to creep under his gaberdine. --Shak.

By noble ways we conquest will prepare. --Dryden.

What impious ways my wishes took! --Prior.

6. Manner; method; mode; fashion; style; as, the way of
expressing one's ideas.

7. Regular course; habitual method of life or action; plan of
conduct; mode of dealing. ``Having lost the way of
nobleness.'' --Sir. P. Sidney.

Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths
are peace. --Prov. iii.
17.

When men lived in a grander way. --Longfellow.

8. Sphere or scope of observation. --Jer. Taylor.

The public ministers that fell in my way. --Sir W.
Temple.

9. Determined course; resolved mode of action or conduct; as,
to have one's way.

10. (Naut.)
(a) Progress; as, a ship has way.
(b) pl. The timbers on which a ship is launched.

11. pl. (Mach.) The longitudinal guides, or guiding surfaces,
on the bed of a planer, lathe, or the like, along which a
table or carriage moves.

12. (Law) Right of way. See below.

{By the way}, in passing; apropos; aside; apart from, though
connected with, the main object or subject of discourse.


{By way of}, for the purpose of; as being; in character of.


{Covert way}. (Fort.) See {Covered way}, under {Covered}.

{In the family way}. See under {Family}.

{In the way}, so as to meet, fall in with, obstruct, hinder,
etc.

{In the way with}, traveling or going with; meeting or being
with; in the presence of.

{Milky way}. (Astron.) See {Galaxy}, 1.

{No way}, {No ways}. See {Noway}, {Noways}, in the
Vocabulary.

{On the way}, traveling or going; hence, in process;
advancing toward completion; as, on the way to this
country; on the way to success.

{Out of the way}. See under {Out}.

{Right of way} (Law), a right of private passage over
another's ground. It may arise either by grant or
prescription. It may be attached to a house, entry, gate,
well, or city lot, as well as to a country farm. --Kent.


{To be under way}, or {To have way} (Naut.), to be in motion,
as when a ship begins to move.

{To give way}. See under {Give}.

{To go one's way}, or {To come one's way}, to go or come; to
depart or come along. --Shak.

{To go one's way} to proceed in a manner favorable to one; --
of events.

{To come one's way} to come into one's possession (of
objects) or to become available, as an opportunity; as,
good things will come your way.

{To go the way of all the earth} or

{to go the way of all flesh} to die.

{To make one's way}, to advance in life by one's personal
efforts.

{To make way}. See under {Make}, v. t.

{Ways and means}.
(a) Methods; resources; facilities.
(b) (Legislation) Means for raising money; resources for
revenue.

{Way leave}, permission to cross, or a right of way across,
land; also, rent paid for such right. [Eng]

{Way of the cross} (Eccl.), the course taken in visiting in
rotation the stations of the cross. See {Station}, n., 7
(c) .

{Way of the rounds} (Fort.), a space left for the passage of
the rounds between a rampart and the wall of a fortified
town.

{Way pane}, a pane for cartage in irrigated land. See {Pane},
n., 4. [Prov. Eng.]

{Way passenger}, a passenger taken up, or set down, at some
intermediate place between the principal stations on a
line of travel.

{Ways of God}, his providential government, or his works.

{Way station}, an intermediate station between principal
stations on a line of travel, especially on a railroad.

{Way train}, a train which stops at the intermediate, or way,
stations; an accommodation train.

{Way warden}, the surveyor of a road.

Syn: Street; highway; road.

Usage: {Way}, {Street}, {Highway}, {Road}. Way is generic,
denoting any line for passage or conveyance; a highway
is literally one raised for the sake of dryness and
convenience in traveling; a road is, strictly, a way
for horses and carriages; a street is, etymologically,
a paved way, as early made in towns and cities; and,
hence, the word is distinctively applied to roads or
highways in compact settlements.

All keep the broad highway, and take delight
With many rather for to go astray. --Spenser.

There is but one road by which to climb up.
--Addison.

When night
Darkens the streets, then wander forth the sons
Of Belial, flown with insolence and wine.
--Milton.


Way \Way\, adv. [Aphetic form of away.]
Away. [Obs. or Archaic] --Chaucer.

{To do way}, to take away; to remove. [Obs.] ``Do way your
hands.'' --Chaucer.

{To make way with}, to make away with. See under {Away}.
[Archaic]

  1. "He came up to me and said, `You tell Mickey Roache,' our police commissioner, `he's doing a wonderful job in that Stuart case and we're with him all the way,"' Flynn said.
  2. It would raise MaxSaver fares $10 each way and increase the advance purchase requirement to 30 days from seven days, but would lower the cancellation penalty to 50% from 100%.
  3. "The only way we're going to resolve this drug problem is for the federal government to work with the state government and local officials.
  4. Noriega has had no way of monitoring the accounts since his arrest.
  5. Aker would not be drawn on details of the foreign investors. Mr Tom Ruud, Aker's chief executive, said the disposal had improved liquidity and cleared the way for the planned listing on the London stock exchange.
  6. Makoto Utsumi, vice minister for international affairs, said the ministry didn't in any way suggest to Japanese banks that they stay out of the UAL Corp. leveraged buy-out.
  7. This is where McIlveen also makes sure of legality, environmental considerations and the lender's potential liabilities. 'We like lending to things that are already under way,' he says.
  8. "The signals are so mixed that no one is taking a firm view one way or another," he said.
  9. A successful override later this year in the Democratic-controlled Assembly would clear the way for the electric chair to be put back into use in the nation's second largest state. California already has the death penalty.
  10. He said he never discussed this legal question "in a formal way" with Mr. Meese, but testified they "conceivably" discussed the matter at "various" points.
  11. "In a way I was relieved.
  12. We indeed have a mission of high-level businessmen on their way to the Soviet Union right now. They happen to be in Helsinki.
  13. The value of Kingdon's book is that it sharpens the point in a powerful and fascinating new way.
  14. The accompanying social changes are slowly forcing changes in the way business is conducted and in the way the bureaucracy works.
  15. The accompanying social changes are slowly forcing changes in the way business is conducted and in the way the bureaucracy works.
  16. And he came all the way up from poverty without so much as a university education.
  17. It works this way: Experienced seamen must spend longer rotations at sea, worsening the problems of family separations and low morale.
  18. The premier said that only he can prevent a return to the turbulence of the 1970s, when terrorism and an economic crisis paved the way for a 1980 military takeover.
  19. Rather than break new ground, the proposed laws would formalize changes already under way in the economy and clear up confusion over the new practices.
  20. The way you gain credibility here is doing these thingsor at least doing them enough to give the impression that you're doing them." That's only just begun.
  21. Community involvement is another way companies try to hold themselves to their original vision.
  22. During discussions over limiting textile imports, Mr. Sato told President Nixon, "Zensho shimasu," a phrase that can mean anything from "I'll look after the matter" to "There is no way I'll do it."
  23. A municipal judge ruled that the magazines are obscene, opening the way for city officials to ban their sale in Urbana.
  24. Apparently, most traders also thought that way, because many decided to take profits, he said.
  25. He can see no other way.
  26. "The way I read it, it's an attempt to show the lengths that the art community will go to thumb their noses at government grants," said Jack Morrissey, an associate editor at Universal Press Syndicate.
  27. And in one way or another since then, MacNutt has been fighting for the right to bear arms.
  28. Although relaxations in rules are on the way, at present societies cannot lend for business purposes. This can lead to difficult decisions in dealing with sole traders.
  29. "I don't have any way to confirm that it's a 100 per cent withdrawal but I think the evidence is that it has been a general withdrawal back across the river," he said.
  30. "There is no way that my peace plan will be valid unless the PLO looks at it and agrees on it," he said.
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