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张秀丽
请看NMET2003单项填空第35题：
A．I think you should phone Jenny and say sorry to her.
B．_______. It was her fault.
A. No way B. Not possible C. No chance D. Not at all
说明：正确答案是A. No way，意思是“别想！没门！决不”此题的交际情景是这样的：
A．我认为你应该打电话给珍妮并向她道歉。
B．没门！这是她的错。
再看两个关于no way的例句：
（1）Give up our tea break? NO way!
让我们放弃喝茶的休息时间？没门儿！
（2）No way will I go on working for that boss.
我决不再给那个老板干了。
way一词含义丰富，由它构成的短语用法也很灵活。为了便于同学们掌握和用好它，现结合实例将其用法归纳如下：
一、way的含义
1. 路线
He asked me the way to London.
他问我去伦敦的路。
We had to pick our way along the muddy track.
我们不得不在泥泞的小道上择路而行。
2. （沿某）方向
Look this way, please.
请往这边看。
Kindly step this way, ladies and gentlemen.
女士们、先生们，请这边走。
Look both ways before crossing the road.
过马路前向两边看一看。
Make sure that the sign is right way up.
一定要把符号的上下弄对。
3. 道、路、街，常用以构成复合词
a highway（公路），a waterway（水路），a railway（铁路），wayside（路边）
4. （做某事的）方法、方式、手段
He was a little man with thick glasses, but he had a strange way of making (to make) his classes lively and interesting.
他矮个子，戴着一副深度眼镜，但他有奇妙的方法使他的课生动有趣。
In the same way Americans use the expression “I guess”(meaning “I think”) just as the British did 300 years ago.
同样，美国人说I guess（意思是I think）跟英国人在300年前所说的一样。
Where there is a will, there is a way.
有志者，事竟成。（谚语）
5. 独异的、喜爱的或习惯的行为、习俗、作风
Don’t be offended, it’s only his way.
不要介意，他就是这么个人。
It is not her way to be selfish.
她并不是个自私的人。
I don’t like the way you look at me.
我不喜欢你那种样子看着我。
English ways of living.
英国人的生活方式。
6. 两点间的距离（只用作单数）
It is a long way from Beijing to London.
从北京到伦敦很远。
December is a long way off.
现在离十二月份还有很长的时间。
Success is still a long way off.
离成功还远着呢。
His work is a long way from being perfect.
他的工作还远远不够完美。
7. （某事物的）某方面
Can I help you in any way?
我能帮你点忙吗？
She is in no way to blame.
根本不应该怪她。
They are in no way similar.
他们毫无相似之处。
The changes are beneficial in some ways but not in others.
这些变革有的方面有好处，有的方面没好处。
She helped us in every possible way.
她帮助我们无微不至。
二、由way构成的短语
1. go out of one’s way to do sth.特意不怕麻烦做某事
The shop assistant went out of his way to find what we needed.
那个店员不厌其烦地满足我们的需要。
2. give way to sb./sth.向……屈服、让步、妥协
We must not give way to their demands.
我们决不能对他们的要求让步。
让……在先
Give way to traffic coming from the right.
让右方驶来的车辆先行。
3. under way已经开始并进行着
The project is now well under way.
这一项目现正顺利进行。
Preparations for the test are under way.
考试的准备工作正在进行。
4. in the way造成不便或阻碍
I’m afraid your car is in the way.
看来你的汽车挡道了。
I left them alone, as I felt I was in the way.
我躲开了他们，因为我觉得我碍他们的事。
5. the other way round相反，颠倒，反过来
I was accused of stealing money from her but in fact it was the other way round.
说我偷了她的钱，其实正相反是她偷了我的钱。
6. in a way/in one way/in some ways
在某种程度上
The changes are an improvement in one way.
这些变革从某种意义上说是一种进步。
7. work one’s way up获得提升、晋级
She has worked her way up from junior clerk to managing director.
她已从初级职员升到总经理。
8. go one’s own way 独断专行
Whatever you suggest, she will always go her own way.
无论你怎样劝说，她总是我行我素。
9. one way and another考虑到各个方面
She’s been very successful, one way and another.
无论从哪方面看，她都是很有成就的。
10. one way or another用某种方式、方法
We must finish the job this week one way or another.
我们无论如何必须在本周做完这项工作。
11. make way for sb./sth.给某人/某事物让路
The policeman asked us to make way for the old man.
警察叫我们给那位老人让路。
12. by way of路经，途经
They are travelling to France by way of London.
他们去法国旅游，途经伦敦。
通过……方法
They learn English by way of watching TV.
他们看电视学英语。
13. by the way顺便说，附带说说
Oh, by the way, there is a telephone message for you.
噢，顺便告诉你，有你一个电话口信。
在途中的路边上
The stopped for a picnic by the way.
他们在途中停在路边野餐。
14. on the way（指婴儿）已成胎但尚未出生
She has two children with another one on the way.
她有两个孩子，现在还怀着一个。
15. 还有一些动词+ one’s way的短语：
feel one’s way 摸索着前进
fight one’s way 奋勇前进
make one’s way 非常困难地前进
push one’s way 排开……前进
wind one’s way 蜿蜒前进
lose one’s way 迷路
find one’s way 找到路
pick one’s way 谨慎前进
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