method
/ˈmeθəd/noun
(常作method for/of)
1- a particular form of procedure for accomplishing or approaching something, especially a systematic or established one方法, 办法：
a method for software maintenance
软件维护方法
labour-intensive production methods.
劳动密集型生产方法。
1.1
- mass noun orderliness of thought or behaviour; systematic planning or action（思想, 行为）条理; 系统计划（或行动）：
historical study is the rigorous combination of knowledge and method.
历史研究就是使知识和方法严格结合。
短语
there is method in one's madness
- there is a sensible foundation for what appears to be foolish or strange behaviour（某人的）疯狂之中有条理可寻。
- [ORIGIN: from Shakespeare's Hamlet （Ⅱ. ii. 211）.]
词源
late 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'.