[C] way (of doing sth) 方法; 办法: modern methods of teaching arithmetic 现代教算术的方法 * various methods of payment, eg cash, cheques, credit card 各种付款办法（如现款﹑ 支票﹑ 信用卡）. 
[U] orderly arrangement, habits, etc 秩序; 条理; 规律: We must get some method into our office filing. 我们必须把公文归档工作弄出些条理来. * He's a man of accuracy and strict method. 他是个精细而严谨的人. 
(idm 习语) (have, etc) method in one's madness behaviour that is not as irrational, strange, etc as it seems 貌似疯狂而实有理智的行为.> methodical / mI5WCdIkl; mE`WBdIkl/ adj (a) done in an orderly, logical way 按秩序做的; 有条理的: methodical work, study, etc 有条不紊的工作﹑ 学习等. (b) (of a person) doing things in an orderly or systematic way （指人）做事有条理的: a methodical worker, organizer, etc 办事有条不紊的工作者﹑ 组织者等. methodically / -klI; -klI/ adv.
methodology / 9meWE5dClEdVI; 9mZWEd`BlEdVI/ n
1 [C] set of methods used (in doing sth) 一套方法: a methodology for statistical analysis 统计分析法.
2[U] science or study of methods 方法学; 方法论. methodological / 9meWEdE5lCdVIkl; 9mZWEdE`lBdVIkl/ adj. methodologically / -klI; -klI/ adv.