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a particular way of doing something 方法；办法；措施 Which method is the most effective? 哪种方法最有效？ traditional/alternative methods 传统的／另类的方式 - method of something
a scientific method of data analysis 数据分析的科学方法 - method of doing something
a reliable method of measuring blood pressure 测量血压的可靠方法 - method for (doing) something
the best method for arriving at an accurate prediction of the costs 准确预测成本的最佳方法 - method to do something
Developing new methods to keep insects out of food packages is critical. 开发新方法防止昆虫进入食品包装至关重要。 to use/employ/apply a method 使用/采用/应用一种方法 to devise/propose/adopt a method 设计/提议/采用一种方法 He's quite critical of modern teaching methods. 他对现代教学法颇有微词。
Extra ExamplesTopics Scientific researcha2This is the best method of settling such arguments. 这是平息这类争论的最好方法。 This is a simpler method for making bread. 这是制作面包更为简便的方法。 Farmers are seeking less toxic methods of pest control. 农民们正在寻找毒性更小的害虫控制方法。 Scientists have developed two new methods of detecting the chemical. 科学家们开发了两种检测这种化学物质的新方法。 Various methods were used in these studies. 在这些研究中使用了各种方法。 We can apply these methods to a wide range of problems. 我们可以将这些方法应用于许多不同的问题。 This method involves cutting a very thin slice from the object. 这种方法需要从物体上切下薄薄的一片。 This illustrates how experimental methods can be used to explore these issues. 这说明了如何使用实验方法探讨这些问题。 a range of contraceptive methods 一系列的避孕方法 Methods were described for growing this vegetable in 200 BC. 描述了公元前200年种植这种蔬菜的方法。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- accurate
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the quality of being well planned and organized 条理；有条不紊 There's very little method in his approach. 他的方法很少。 We have to apply some method to this investigation. 做这项调查，我们必须要有条理。
Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘prescribed medical treatment for a disease’): via Latin from Greek methodos ‘pursuit of knowledge’, from meta- (expressing development) + hodos ‘way’.
Idioms
there’s (a) method in somebody’s madness
there is a reason for somebody’s behaviour and it is not as strange or as stupid as it seems 看来奇怪（或愚蠢）的行为有其道理