way与介词搭配

way与介词搭配

■崔长平河南遂平一高（463100）

■表示“在去……的路上”，经常与介词on和to搭配，后接副词时，to要省去。

on the / one's way (to…)

I called on Mr.Richards on my way back.

He met me on the way home.

He told me about the accident on the way to his home.

They visited our country on their way back to London.

They are still on the way.

注意：在表示引申含义“就要，将要”时，to后经常接用名词或动名词，不能接动词不定式。

He is on the way to success.

He is well on his way to becoming an officer of the company.

on the /one's way可以用作表语，意为“即将到来”。

The new machine you ordered is on its way.

Christmas is on the way; we are in October already.

Better weather is on the way.

■表示“方法，方式”时，经常与介词in 搭配。其后的定语从句经常由in which，that，或省略不用引导词来引导，引导词在定语从句中作状语。

Only in this way can you work out the problem.

She was pleased with the way in which he had accepted her criticism.

We admired him for the way in which he faced his difficulties.

I don't like the way that you laugh at her.

People liked the way (in which) he wrote and so he went on writing.

He does not speak the way (that) I do.

注意：在表达“做……的方法或方式”时，其后常接“of + 动名词短语”或动词不定式短语。

It is a nice way of traveling; I shall do it again.

There was only one way of doing this properly.

The law provided them no way of getting a living.

We have got to think out a way to explain it.

No ways have been found to get rid of the polluted water.

Men of science are trying to find ways to prevent the disease.

常用短语：

by the way 顺便说一句，顺便问一句 by way of 取道，经由；作为；为了

in a bad way 身体状况不好；处于不良状态；情况不妙

in a small way 小规模地，简朴地 in a (one) way 在某种程度上；就某个意义来说 in any way 在任何方面，在哪方面 in no way 一点也不，怎样也不

(in) one way or another 以这种或那种方式 in the /one's way 碍事，挡道，妨碍

in a big way 大规模地，盛大的 way of life 生活方式

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