way /wei/ n.［c］1.路，道路：cut a way through the forest在森林中开出一条路 2.方向，边： Look this way, please. 请向这边看。3.方式，方法，手段：try to find ways to stop pollution努力寻找制止污染的方法 I don’t like the way (that/in which) you laugh at her. 我不喜欢你那样嘲笑她。［考句］Today the public is much concerned about the way nature is being ruined.现在公众更加关心自然是怎样被破坏的。Where there is a will there is a way.［谚］有志者事竟成。［考句］Every society has its own peculiar customs and ways of acting.每个社会都有它独特的风俗习惯和行为方式。 4. 用于习语 all the way (非正式)无限，毫无保留（cf. all）by the way 顺便说，顺便问一下：Oh, by the way, have you seen John lately? 哦，顺便问一句，你近来见到约翰了吗? by way of 经过，经由；作为，为了：I came by way of London.我经过伦敦过来的。He did it by way of helping me. 他做此事是为了帮助我。give way 让路，让步：give way at the door 在门口让路give way to …. 向…让步/屈服：He was not a man to give way to this kind of pressure. 他不是一个屈服于这种压力的人。in a (one) way/in some ways 在某种程度上，就某个意义来说：The work was well done in one way. 就某一点看，工作做得很好。In some ways television is more challenging than theatre. 从某种意义讲，电视比戏剧更有挑战性。in no way 决不：He is in no way to blame.决不能怪罪他。get/be in one’s/the way碍事，妨碍：He never gets in anybody’s way.他从不妨碍任何别人。lead the way 引路：She led the way to the dining room. 她带路到饭厅。 make one’s way 排除困难前进：Will you be able to make your way here before six? 你能6点之前赶到这儿吗? make way让路：Make way for the bus. 给汽车让路。no way不可能：I’m sorry but there’s no way we can help you. 对不起，我们不可能帮你的忙。on one’s/the way to 往…去的路上；快要来到；即将成为：You mustn’t forget to post the letter on your way to school. 上学途中你务必记住把这信寄了。He is on the way to becoming a poet. 他快要成诗人了。one way or another/one way or the other/one way and another 不管怎样：One way or another she brought it on herself. 不管怎样，那是她自己造成的。out of the way 距离远：It’s a very beautiful village but it’s a bit out of the way.那是一个很漂亮的村庄，但远了一点。under way在进行中：Our plans are under way. 我们的计划在进行中。
wayside /ˈweiˌsaid/ I. n. [c] 路边：Local inhabitants display their handicrafts on the wayside.当地居民在路边陈列他们的手工艺品。‖II. adj. 路边的：We spent the night in a wayside inn. 我们在一家路边的旅店过夜。
