“Way” 短语讲解

 　　高三课文中有这样一句话：“Silk from China found its way over land along the Silk Road to India, the Middle East and Rome...”，句中 “find its way ” 表示 “to reach someplace by discovering the right way to get there”。这里运用了拟人手法。把silk比拟做有思想的人，主动地寻找自己的路线，显得生动有活力。全句可译为: “中国的丝绸沿着丝绸之路到达印度﹑中东和罗马……”。英语中有许多含有way的短语，生动形象，意味深长，具有汉语达不到的效果，值得品味：

　　① make one's way: The team slowly made their way through the jungle.

　　这一队人艰难地行走在丛林中。

　　② push one's way: He pushed his way through the crowd.

　　他推开人群挤出去了。

　　③ lose one's way: He lost his way in the big city.

　　在这个大城市里，他迷失了方向。

　　④ pick one's way: He had to pick his way along the muddy path.

　　在泥泞的小路上，他只得择路而行。

　　⑤ fight one's way: The surrounded soldiers fought their way out.

　　这些被包围的士兵杀出了一条生路。

　　⑥ feel one's way: We couldn't see anything in the cave, so we had to feel our way out.

　　我们在洞里什么也看不到，只得摸着出去。

　　⑦ inch one's way: On seeing the snake, he inched his way backwards¹.

　　一看到那条蛇，他就缓慢地退走了。

　　⑧ laugh one's way: He laughs his way through life.

　　他一辈子笑待人生

　　⑨ wind one's way: The path winds its way to the top of the mountain.

　　这条小路蜿蜒通向山顶。

　　⑩ elbow one's way: He elbowed his way to the front of the queue.

　　他(用肘)挤到队前面。

　　? grope² one's way : He drank too much and then groped³ his way back to the bedroom.

　　他喝得太多了，踉踉跄跄得摸进卧室。

　　?limp⁴ one's way: He was hurt in the left leg so that he had to limp his way home.

　　他的左腿受伤，只得一瘸一拐地走回家。

　　?dig one's way: Mark Twain began digging his way to regional fame as a newspaper reporter.

　　作为一名记者,马克?吐温开始在当地崭露头角。

1 backwards   

adv.往回地，向原处，倒，相反，前后倒置地

参考例句：

• He turned on the light and began to pace backwards and forwards.他打开电灯并开始走来走去。
• All the girls fell over backwards to get the party ready.姑娘们迫不及待地为聚会做准备。

2 grope   

vi.暗中摸，摸索，探索，搜寻；vt.摸索

参考例句：

• I grope for the light switch in the dark room.我在黑洞洞的屋里摸索着寻找电灯开关。
• We have to grope for ways to do thing.我们只能边摸索边干。

3 groped   

暗中摸，摸索( grope的过去式和过去分词 )； 探索，搜寻

参考例句：

• She groped blindly for the light switch in the dark room. 她在黑暗的房间里摸索电灯开关。
• He groped around in the dark for his other sock. 他在黑暗中到处瞎摸找另一只袜子。

4 limp   

adj.软弱的，无精神的，松沓的；vi.蹒跚；n.跛行

参考例句：

• His limp is result of a car accident last year.他的跛足是去年一次车祸所致的结果。
• He gave her a limp,cold handshake.他有气无力且冷淡地与她握了一下手。