method

英 ['meθəd] 美['mɛθəd]

复数: methods;

method 方法，措施，条理，规则

来自拉丁语methodus,教育方法，来自meta-,在后，-hod,路，词源同anode,cathode,accede.字面意思即跟随，探询，找到，引申词义因材施教。后词义通用化，用以指方法，措施等。

method: method: [16] Method comes via French méthode and Latin methodus from Greek méthodos, which meant ‘pursuit’. It was a compound noun formed from the prefix metá- ‘after’ and hodós ‘way, journey’ (found also in English episode, exodus, and period). ‘Pursuit’ of a particular objective gradually developed into a ‘procedure for attaining it’, the meaning which the word had when it reached English. The derivative methodist [16], originally simply ‘someone who followed a particular method’, was first applied to the followers of John Wesley in the 18th century.
=> episode, exodus, period
method (n.): early 15c., "regular, systematic treatment of disease," from Latin methodus "way of teaching or going," from Greek methodos "scientific inquiry, method of inquiry, investigation," originally "pursuit, a following after," from meta- "after" (see meta-) + hodos "a traveling, way" (see cede). Meaning "way of doing anything" is from 1580s; that of "orderliness, regularity" is from 1610s. In reference to a theory of acting associated with Russian director Konstantin Stanislavsky, it is attested from 1923.

1. He succeeded with the aid of a completely new method he discovered.: 借助于自己发现的一种全新的方法，他获得了成功。

2. Condoms are an effective method of birth control if used with care.: 如果使用得当，避孕套是很有效的避孕手段。

4. Some thought must be given to the method of validation.: 一些想法必须通过验证法加以证实。