ways and means

1. 办法

He hasn't got a job, but he seems to have ways and means of getting money.

他没有职业, 可是好像有办法弄到钱。

by way of

1. 经由

He came by way of New York.

他经由纽约来此。

by the way

1. 顺便提一下

By the way, do you have any idea where the post office is?

顺便问一下, 你知道邮局在哪儿吗?

2. 在途中

get one's own way

1. 为所欲为

I tried to warn him of the danger, but he was determined to get his own way.

我试图警告他有危险, 可是他一意孤行。

give way

1. 让步

Our employer will not give way to our demands for higher wages.

我们的雇主不会对我们增加工资的要求让步。

go all the way

1. 完全同意

I can't go all the way with some of the details of your argument.

我不能完全同意你论据中的某些观点。

go out of one's way

1. 特地

They went out of their way to help us.

他们特地来帮助我们。

have it both ways

1. 脚踏两条船

You'll have to decide whether you want to stay with your sister or you want to go on holiday; you can't have it both ways.

你必须决定是跟姐姐在家还是去度假, 不能脚踏两条船。

in a bad way

1. 病情严重

Amy's in a bad way.

艾米病情严重。

in a big way

1. 大规模地

He always likes to do things in a big way.

他总爱把事情搞得轰轰烈烈的。

in a way

1. 在某种程度上

The work is well done in a way.

从某种程度上说, 这工作做得不错。

in the way

1. 妨碍的

Her social life got in the way of her studies.

她的社交生活妨碍了学业。

learn the hard way

1. 通过艰难困苦而学到

She learned the hard way that life can be cruel for a woman alone in a big city.

她辛酸地体会到, 在大城市里一个孤身女人的生活是很艰难的。

look the other way

1. 故意朝另一边看

The teacher just looks the other way whenever the children cause trouble。

每次孩子们捣乱, 老师都装作没看见。

make way

1. 让路

All traffic has to make way for a fire-engine.

所有车辆都得给消防车让路。

make one's way

1. 成功

If you want to make your way you must learn to work hard while you are still young.

你要想成功, 就得学会趁着年轻多多努力。

mend one's ways

1. 改正自身

He will have to mend his ways if he wants to be invited to my house again.

他要再想让我请他来我家作客, 那就得好好改一改才行。

one way or another

1. 以某种方法

One way or another I'm going to finish this work before the end of the week.

我得设法在这星期结束前完成这工作。

on the way out

1. 即将过时

That type of dress is on the way out.

那种式样的服装就要过时了。

out of the way

1. 不同寻常的

He has done nothing out of the way yet.

他尚未做出不同寻常的事来。

pave the way for

1. 为……铺路

Such opinions pave the way for social change.

这种主张为社会变革铺路。

pay one's way

1. 付分内之款; 做到不负债

We are not paying our way.

我们欠债了。

put sb. in the way of

1. 给某人以……的机会

He put me in the way of a job.

他帮我谋得一份工作。

rub the wrong way

1. 惹怒

He's a friendly sort of person so long as you don't rub him the wrong way.

只要你不惹他, 他是很友善的。

see one's way (clear) to do sth.

1. 有可能(做某事)

I hope you can see your way clear to settle the matter.

我希望你能设法解决这件事。

set in one's ways

1. 习惯根深蒂固

The older politicians are too set in their ways to understand the importance of these new ideas.

那些老迈的政客们积习难改, 无法了解这些新观念的重要性。

under way

1. 在进行中

Formal negotiations are under way.

正式谈判正在进行。

wend one's way

1. 离开

I must be wending my way.

我得走了。