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  • Derivatives : adj  wayward ; adj  wayless
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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary

way [weɪ]
  1. 1. noun [c] (route) 路
    A man asked me the way to St Paul's.
    有一个人问我去圣保罗教堂的路怎么走。
  2. 2. noun [c] (path, access) 路线
    This is the way in.
    这是进来的路线。
  3. 3. noun [s] (distance) 距离
    We've a fair way to go yet.
    我们还颇有一段距离要走。
  4. 4. noun [c] (direction) 方向
    Which way did she go?
    她朝哪个方向去了？
  5. 5. noun [c] (manner) 方式
    Do you like the way he dealt with the problem?
    你喜欢他处理这个问题的方式吗？
    She smiled in a friendly way.
    她友好地笑了笑。
  6. 6. noun [c] (method) 方法
    different ways of cooking fish
    不同的烹调鱼的方法
  7. 7. adverb (far, a lot) 远远地
    He was way behind.
    他远远落在了后面。
    We'll have to decide way in advance.
    我们得早早地提前作决定。
  8. 8. n pl ways (habits) 习俗
    "which way? " - "this way"
    “往哪边？” “这边”
    on the way
    在路上
    to be on one's way
    在途中
    to fight one's way through a crowd
    费劲地挤过人群
    to keep out of sb's way
    别去惹某人
    it's a long way away
    离这儿很远
    all the way/most of the way/half the way
    完全地/大部分地/一半地
    to go out of one's way to do sth
    不辞辛苦地做某事
    to be in the way
    挡道的
    out of the way
    解决掉的
  9. 9. n pl (secluded) 偏远的
    to lose one's way
    迷路
    under way
    在进行中
    the way back
    回去的路
    to make way (for sb/sth)
    让位(给某人/某物)
    to get one's (own) way, have one's (own) way
    自主行事
    to give way
    倒塌
  10. 10. n pl (stop resisting) 屈服
    the right/wrong way up
    [BRIT] 正面/反面朝上
    the wrong way round
    [BRIT] 刚好相反
    he's in a bad way
    [inf] 他健康状况不佳
    you can't have it both ways
    你不能两者兼得
    to have a way of doing sth
    善于做某事
    in a way
    在某种程度上
    in some ways
    在某些方面
    no way!
    [inf] 没门！
    by the way...
    顺便提一下...
    "way in"
    [BRIT] “入口”
    "way out"
    [BRIT] “出口”
    "give way"
    [BRIT] “减速让车”
    way of life
    生活方式
    do it this way
    这么做
    I had no idea you felt that way (about it)
    我不知道你(对这事)是那样想的

Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

way [we] [weɪ]
  1. 1. noun 方法；手段
    do it this way
    用这样的方法去做
    a way to cut costs
    降低成本的手段
  2. 2. noun 方面；（某）点
    to be right in some ways
    在某些方面是正确的
  3. 3. noun 方向
    go this way
    从这边走
    look this way
    往这儿看
  4. 4. noun 路线；路径；途径[常用于组合]；距离；路程
    one-way street
    单行道
    a long way off
    (离这儿)很远；颇有一段路程
  5. 5. noun 路；道路；公路；街道；小径
    the Appian way
    阿皮亚路(古代从罗马向西南方向延伸，长约450公里的大路，其中一部分至今尚存)
  6. 6. noun 路途；旅途
    on the way to town
    在去城里的途中
  7. 7. noun 通道；经过（或前进）的空间
    clear a way for the ambulance
    为急救车让出一条路
  8. 8. noun 习惯；癖性
    to fall into evil ways
    堕落；沾染恶习
  9. 9. noun 态度；生活方式
    the way of the world
    世道常情
  10. 10. noun 作风；风格；习惯
    to learn the ways of other people
    学习别人的风格
  11. 11. noun 举止；风度
    to have a pleasant way
    举止潇洒
  12. 12. noun 意向；看法
    to have or get one's own way
    为所欲为；想怎样就怎样；一意孤行
  13. 13. noun [verbal] 情况，状况
    to be in a bad way
    情况很坏
  14. 14. noun （经历或活动的）规模；行业
    a method that never came in his way
    一种他从未用过的方法
  15. 15. noun 范围；程度[用于带连字符的复合词]
    a four-way conversation
    四方会谈
  16. 16. noun [verbal] 区域；地区；镇、市国家或世界的一个部分
    out our way
    不在我们这儿
    I think they live on Birmingham way.
    我猜他们生活在伯明翰地区。
  17. 17. noun [legal] 通行权
  18. 18. noun [dynamics] （车床等的）导轨
  19. 19. noun [navigation] 航程；船舶在水中的运动或速度
  20. 20. noun [navigation] [复数形态时]船台
  21. 21. noun 类；种类
  22. 22. noun 可能的后果；可能采取的行动
  23. 23. adjective 途中的；中途的
  24. 24. noun [American English] [dialect] 无论如何不；决不
  25. 25. adverb [verbal] 远远地；大大地；非常；极度地，完全地
    way behind
    远远地落在后面

Collins English-English Dictionary

way [weɪ]
  1. 1. n a manner, method, or means
    a way of life
    a way of knowing
  2. 2. n a route or direction
    the way home
  3. 3. n
  4. 4. n a means or line of passage, such as a path or track
  5. 5. n (in combination)
    waterway
  6. 6. n space or room for movement or activity (esp in the phrases make way, in the way, out of the way)
  7. 7. n distance, usually distance in general
    you've come a long way
  8. 8. n a passage or journey
    on the way
  9. 9. n characteristic style or manner
    I did it in my own way
  10. 10. n [often plural] habits; idiosyncrasies
    he has some offensive ways
  11. 11. n an aspect of something; particular
    in many ways he was right
  12. 12. n
  13. 13. n a street in or leading out of a town
  14. 14. n (capital when part of a street name)
    Icknield Way
  15. 15. n something that one wants in a determined manner (esp in the phrases get or have one's (own) way)
  16. 16. n the experience or sphere in which one comes into contact with things (esp in the phrase come one's way)
  17. 17. n [informal] a state or condition, usually financial or concerning health (esp in the phrases in a good (or bad) way)
  18. 18. n [informal] the area or direction of one's home
    drop in if you're ever over my way
  19. 19. n movement of a ship or other vessel
  20. 20. n a right of way in law
  21. 21. n a guide along which something can be moved, such as the surface of a lathe along which the tailstock slides
  22. 22. n [plural] the wooden or metal tracks down which a ship slides to be launched
  23. 23. n a course of life including experiences, conduct, etc
    the way of sin
  24. 24. n [archaic] calling or trade
  25. 25. n See pay
  26. 26. adv
  27. 27. adv [informal] at a considerable distance or extent
    way over yonder
  28. 28. adv very far
    they're way up the mountain
  29. 29. adv [informal] by far; considerably
    way better
  30. 30. adv [slang] truly; genuinely
    they have a way cool site
  31. 31. adv [Etymology] Old English weg; related to Old Frisian wei, Old Norse vegr, Gothic wigs
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Examples

all the way/most of the way/half the way
完全地/大部分地/一半地 → way
"which way? " - "this way"
“往哪边？” “这边” → way
to get one's (own) way, have one's (own) way
自主行事 → way
to beat one's way through a crowd
挤过人群 → beat
Stop by on your way home.
在你回家的路上(顺便)来访。 → by
contrive a way to help
想出一个帮助的方法 → contrive
He is in a fair way to make money.
他有希望赚钱。 → fair
to fight one's way to the top
打出一条通往顶点的道路 → fight
a four-way valve
四通阀 → four-way
a four-way debate
由四人参加的辩论 → four-way
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nciku Note

ways和way有何不同？

way I took the long way back home.

ways The are many ways to make the day go faster at work. “way”单数时指距离，复数时指方法、途径。 Use way when referring to distance. Use ways when referring to methods.

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