The way常见用法

The way 的用法

Ⅰ常见用法：

1)the way+ that

2)the way + in which（最为正式的用法）

3)the way + 省略（最为自然的用法）

举例：I like the way in which he talks.

I like the way that he talks.

I like the way he talks.

Ⅱ习惯用法：

在当代美国英语中，the way用作为副词的对格，“the way+ 从句”实际上相当于一个状语从句来修饰整个句子。

1)The way =as

I am talking to you just the way I’d talk to my own child.

He did not do it the way his friends did.

Most fruits are naturally sweet and we can eat them just the way they are—all we have to do is to clean and peel them.

2）The way= according to the way/ judging from the way

The way you answer the question, you are an excellent student.

The way most people look at you, you’d think trash man is a monster. 3）The way =how/ how much

No one can imagine the way he missed her.

4）The way =because

No wonder that girl looked down upon me, the way you encouraged her. 毫无疑问，那姑娘看不起我是因为你怂恿的。

5）the way=while/when (表示对比或者转折)

From that day on, they walked into the classroom carrying defeat on their shoulders the way other students carried textbooks under their arms.

从那天起，其他同学都是夹着书本走进教室的，而他们却带着失败的思想负担来上课。

Ⅲ其他用法

1)“the way+从句”还常用作主语，宾语，表语，或者宾语补足语。

1. Words are important, but the way a person stands, folds his or her arms or moves his or her hands can also give us his or her feelings.

言语固然重要，但是人的站姿，抱臂的方式和手势也能告诉我们他们的情感。

2. That’s the way minority nationalities were treated in old China. (此处the way等于how，the way在整个句子里做的是表语)

3. I hate the way she stared at me. (此处the way= the manner in which, the way 在整个句子里做的是表语)

4. what made him the way he was？（此处the way做的是宾语补足语）