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t h e-w a y-的用法

The way 的用法

"the way+从句"结构在英语教科书中出现的频率较高, the way 是先行词, 其后是定语从句.它有三种表达形式:1) the way+that 2)the way+ in which 3)the way + 从句(省略了that或in which),在通常情况下, 用in which 引导的定语从句最为正式,用that的次之,而省略了关系代词that 或 in which 的, 反而显得更自然,最为常用.如下面三句话所示,其意义相同.

I like the way in which he talks.

I like the way that he talks.

I like the way he talks.

一.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全句.

the way=as

1)I'm talking to you just the way I'd talk to a boy of my own.

我和你说话就象和自己孩子说话一样.

2)He did not do it the way his friend did.

他没有象他朋友那样去做此事.

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

大部分水果天然甜润,可以直接食用,我们只需要把他们清洗一下或去皮.

the way=according to the way/judging from the way

4)The way you answer the qquestions, you must be an excellent student.

从你回答就知道,你是一个优秀的学生.

5)The way most people look at you, you'd think a trashman was a monster.

从大多数人看你的目光中,你就知道垃圾工在他们眼里是怪物.

the way=how/how much

6)I know where you are from by the way you pronounce my name. 从你叫我名字的音调中,我知道你哪里人.

7)No one can imaine the way he misses her.

人们很想想象他是多么想念她.

the way=because

8) No wonder that girls looks down upon me, the way you encourage her.

难怪那姑娘看不起我, 原来是你怂恿的

the way =while/when(表示对比)

9)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,其他同学是夹着书本来上课,而他们却带着"失败"的思想负担来上课.

二."the way+从句"还常用作主语,宾语,表语,或宾语补足语

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

言语固然重要,但人的站姿,抱臂的方式和手势也回告诉我们他(她)的情感.

(the way=the manner in which 在句中作主语)

2)That was the way minority nationalities were treated in old China. 那就是少数民族在旧中国如何被对待的情况.

(the way=how 在句中做表语)

3)I hate the way she stared at me .

我讨厌她盯我看的样子.

(the way=the manner in which在句中作宾语)

4)what made hime the way he was?

他怎么会弄成这样子的?

(the way =that which/those which在句中作宾语补足语)

三.在当代美国英语中,"the way+从句"也常作为状语,相当与"in any way(that or in which)+从句或in any manner in which +从句", 其含义是"不管/不论用什么方式".

1) do it anyway you like .

你爱怎么干就怎么干

四.在美国口语中, in the same way , in this(that ) way, in another way 等词组里的in经常省略.

1)They plant the corn the same way their ancestors used to do 500 years ago.

他们种玉米的方式同五百年前他们祖先种的方式一样

(the same way=in the manner in which)

2)He went this(that,the other)way.

他朝着这(那,另一)边走了.

(this/that /the other way=in the wrong way/manner)

3)I think you've put it together the wrong way.

我认为你把它装错了.

(the wrong way=in the wrong way/manner)

五.one's way 用作状语

1).come one's way撞见某人,与某人不期而遇.

Six years passed and no singinig jobs came Pavorotti's way.

六年过去了,帕瓦罗蒂还是没有找到一份以唱歌为职业的工作.

2)see...one's way看法与某人一致

We won't see it your way.

关于这个问题我们与你的看法不一样

3)go one's own way 独立行动

He had several business partners, so he left the company and went his one's way.