| 单词 | in way for | 
| 释义 | > as lemmasin way for  (a)   With noun or gerund as object of preposition.  to be in (the, a) way of: likely to (do or achieve something), having a good chance of (doing or attaining something). Also  to put (a person) in (the, a) way of. Formerly also  †in way for. Cf. fair adj. and n.1 Phrases 1e. †in any way of marriage: having marriage prospects (cf. in the way of marriage at  Phrases 2f(e)) (obsolete). ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > probability, likelihood > 			[adverb]		 > likely to do or obtain in the way ofa1400 in state?1536 in a meana1552 in means1592 a1400    tr.  Lanfranc Sci. Cirurgie 		(Ashm.)	 		(1894)	 306  				If þou fyndist in a mannes body a lyme in wei of corrupcioun [L. in via corruptionis]. 1477    Earl Rivers tr.  Dictes or Sayengis Philosophhres 		(Caxton)	 		(1877)	 lf. 16v  				The whiche ypocras seeyng the crafte of physike in weye of perdicion because alle his felawes were dede. 1482    R. Cely Let. 13 May in  Cely Lett. 		(1975)	 151  				He askyd me hefe I wher in any whay of maryayge. 1625    F. Bacon Ess. 		(new ed.)	 161  				A Physician, that..is vnacquainted with your body.., may put you in way for a present Cure, but ouerthroweth your Health in some other kinde. 1677    in  Hist. MSS Comm.: 12th Rep.: App. Pt. V: MSS Duke of Rutland 		(1889)	 36 in  Parl. Papers (C. 5889–II) XLIV. 393  				Lord Mohun is now in a way of recovery. 1719    D. Defoe Farther Adventures Robinson Crusoe 121  				Being very ingenious at such Work, when they were once put in the Way of it. 1719    D. Defoe Farther Adventures Robinson Crusoe 137  				Seeing Things..in so fine a way of thriving upon my Island. 1729    W. Law Serious Call viii. 112  				She has educated several poor children,..and put them in a way of an honest employment. 1779    J. Warner in  J. H. Jesse G. Selwyn & his Contemp. 		(1844)	 IV. 259  				You cannot expect a Dyer's letter from me, as your nephew Charles is so much more in the way of having authentic information. 1827    W. Scott Surgeon's Daughter in  Chron. Canongate 1st Ser. II. i. 26  				Mr Croftangry is in the way of doing a foolish thing. 1860    C. Dickens Uncommerc. Traveller in  All Year Round 24 Mar. 513/1  				Even then they might sometimes put themselves in the way of being blown into the Regent's Canal. 1885    Liverpool Daily Post 7 July 4/4  				Diplomatic difficulties, which he hoped were in the way of solution. 1902    W. B. Yeats Cathleen ni Hoolihan 13 220  				We might be put in the way of making Patrick a priest someday, and he so good at his books. 1944    J. T. Flynn As we go Marching  ii. x. 165  				What I am driving at is that we are in a way of doing for fascism what we began to do for the trusts in the early 1900s. 1998    J. Bossy Peace in Post-Reformation Pref.  				Thanks..especially to Amanda Lillie, who put me in the way of finding the Sansovino statue which appears on the cover. < as lemmas | 
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