"It tastes like licorice, " the girl said and put the glass down.
"That's the way with everything."
"Yes, " said the girl. "Everything tastes of licorice. Especially all the things you've waited so long for, like absinthe."
来自海明威的《白象似的群山》。译文如下:
“这种酒喝起来味道像甘草一样,”女孩说完,放下了酒杯。
“一切皆如此。”
“是的,”女孩说,“一切事物都有甘草一样的味道。尤其是你盼望已久的东西,就跟苦艾酒一样。”
请问中间加粗的一句That's the way with everything,在语法上怎么去理解?是一种固定用法吗?
That/This is the way with (somebody/something). 某人/某事一向如此;这就是某人/某事的本性。例如:
This is always the way with her. 这是她的特点和习惯;她一向就是这个样子。
"And is this always the way with him?" she added. 她说:"他一向都是这样吗?”
That's the way with stepmothers. 继母都是这样。
That's the way with you whining, puny, pitiful players. 你们这种又爱哭、又软弱、又可怜的赌棍就是这样。
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其实这就是一个普通表达,没有什么特殊的。the way 表示方式,类似的说法还有That/it is so with ... ,或That/it is the way it is with... 请比较和体会几个国外书刊的例句:
1. And it is so not only with smoking; it is so with everything else in life.
2. That is so with everything that grows in the garden.
3. It is so with the waist, it is so with the foot.
4. That is the way with humanity on its way to Godhead .
5. Of course that is not the whole story, but that is the way with stories;
6. For example, if you heard someone refer to me and say, “That's the way it is with Rick Renner,” you would understand they were referring to my behavior, my habits, or my way of doing things.
7. If that's the way it is with creatures, why should it be different with God?
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