how

[hau]

adv.怎样, 多么, 如何
conj.如何, 怎样, 以 ... 方式
n.方式

ad.

1. (指方式、方法)怎样, 怎么

How did you climb to the top of that building?

你是如何爬上楼顶的?

2. (指健康等情况)怎样

How is Mrs. Smith?

史密斯太太身体好吗?

3. (指数量、程度)多少

How many students are there in your class?

你班里有多少学生?

4. (表感叹)多么

How I wish to have a long vacation these days!

这些天我多么希望去度一次长假啊!

5. (通常于can连用)(表理由)为何

How can you do such a thing to her?

你怎么能对她做出这种事来?

conj.

1. (用于间接陈述中, 意义和作用与that相仿)

This is how we became acquainted.

我们就是这样认识的。

2. 【口】=however

n.

方法, 做法[the S]

The book tells you about the how and the why of flight.

这本书告诉你飞行的方法和原理。

词形变化

名词复数：hows

补充

howhow英:[hau] 美:[haʊ]adv.1.怎样, 如何, 怎么样How did you escape?你是怎样逃掉的?This is the way how he always treats me.他一贯就是这样对待我的。2.健康状况如何, 情况怎样How are you feeling today?你今天感觉怎么样?3.到何种地步, 多么, 多少How long did you wait?你等了多久了?How wonderful an idea it is!一个多奇妙的主意！

例句

1. how do I make payments into my bank account?我怎样才能付款到我的银行账户？ 2. how do you say 'apple' in French?法语“苹果”这个词怎么说？ 3. how fast were you driving?你当时车开得多快？ 4. how difficult is it to do business with the company?和这家公司做生意有多难？ 5. 'how well do you know Mrs. O'Toole?' Ryan asked.赖安问道：“你跟奥图尔夫人有多熟？” 6. how many pupils are there in the class?班上有多少学生？ 7. how much cash do you want?你想要多少现金？ 8. how far is it to Edinburgh?到爱丁堡有多远？ 9. how long have you been here?你到这里有多长时间了？ 10. how long will you be staying?你要待多长时间？ 11. how old is your son now?你儿子现在几岁了？ 12. how's Rosie?罗西还好吗？ 13. how's the job?工作怎么样？ 14. how did your date go?你的约会进行得怎样？ 15. how was your trip down to Orlando?你南下奥兰多的旅行玩得怎么样？ 16. how lovely to see you!见到你真高兴啊！ 17. how strange!多奇怪啊！ 18. Franklin told them all how happy he was to be in Britain again.富兰克林告诉他们所有人能再次回到英国他是多么高兴。 19. how about asking her?问问她怎么样？ 20. how about a drink?喝一杯吧？ 21. how about the end of next week?下周末行不行？ 22. When do the parking restrictions apply? Weekends? how about public holidays?停车限令适用于什么时候？周末吗？那公共假日呢？ 23. Cookery classes at a five-star hotel? how about that!烹饪班竟然设在五星级宾馆？真没有想到啊！ 24. Well, I enjoyed that. how about you two?嗯, 我喜欢那个。你们两个呢？ 25. how come you told him?你怎么会告诉他呢？ 26. She was weird.—how so?她很怪异。——怎么个怪法呢？ 27. how is it that you never told me he was your brother?你怎么从来都没有告诉过我他是你的兄弟？ 28. Suppose we meet somewhere for a drink? I'll pay. how's that?咱俩在哪儿见面喝一杯好不好？我来买单。怎么样？ 29. how's that for size?尺寸大小合适吗？ 30. how is that for endurance!多么有忍耐力啊！ 31. I don't want to know how he died.我不想知道他是怎么死的。 32. I didn't know how to tell you.我不知道该怎么对你说。 33. It's amazing how people collect so much stuff over the years.人们居然在这些年里收集到如此多的东西, 这真是令人感到不可思议。 34. I remember how Grandma loved to cook.我记得祖母非常喜欢做饭。 35. It's your life, so live it how you want!这是你的生活, 想怎么过就怎么过吧！ 36. He told me as how the shop was closed.他告诉我商店关门了。 37. She didn't care about the how and why of it.她不在乎此事的做法和原因。 38. I wondered how he came here.我想知道他是怎样来到这儿的。 39. That is how it happened.事情就是这样发生的。 40. I don't care how you spend your holidays.我不管你怎么度假。 41. Do it how you can.你尽可能试着做做看。 42. how does it work?.它怎么起作用的？。 43. he did not know how he ought to behave.他不知他该如何表现。 44. [with infinitive]he showed me how to adjust the focus.他给我示范如何调焦。 45. how was your holiday?.你的假期怎么样？。 46. how did they play?.他们表现得怎么样？。 47. how are the children?.孩子们好吗？。 48. I asked how he was doing.我问他过得怎么样。 49. how old are you?.你多大了？。 50. how long will it take?.需要多少时间？。 51. I wasn't sure how fast to go.我不确定有多远。 52. how kind it was of him.他是多么善良啊。 53. how I wish I had been there!.我多么希望到过那儿啊！。 54. she told us how she had lived out of a suitcase for a week.她告诉我们她如何在衣箱外生活了一个星期。 55. I'll do business how I like.我爱怎么做事，就怎么做。 56. ‘Did you miss me?’ ‘And how!’.“想我吗？”“当然啦！”。 57. how about a drink?.喝一杯怎么样？。 58. how about your company?.你的公司怎么样？。 59. tonight's edition demystifies the how and why of television ratings.今晚的节目阐明了计算电视收视率的办法和原因。 60. how many books did you sell?.你卖了多少本书？。 61. how much did I win?.我赢了多少？。 62. how's that for stereotypical thinking?.难道这不是定势思维的一个显著例子吗？。 63. how do you spell your name?你的名字是怎么拼的？ 64. Can you show me how to use this machine?可以给我介绍一下这台机器的用法吗？ 65. I can't remember how to get there.我记不得去那儿的路了。 66. ‘how is your mother?’ ‘She's much better, thank you.’“你妈妈怎么样？”“好多了，谢谢你的关心。” 67. how are you feeling today?你今天感觉怎么样？ 68. how do you feel about your son joining the army?你对自己的儿子参军有什么看法？ 69. how was the weather?天气怎么样？ 70. how is your meal?那顿饭吃得如何？ 71. how old are you?你多大年纪？ 72. how much is that?那个多少钱？ 73. She's gone. how strange!她走了。真奇怪！ 74. I can't believe how expensive it is!那么贵，我简直无法相信。 75. how and where did you meet him?你在什么地方、如何遇见他的？ 76. how shall I address the President?我该怎样称呼总统？ 77. how will we pay for the trip?我们如何支付旅行费用？ 78. “how did you get here?” “By bus.”“你怎样来的这里？”“坐公共汽车。” 79. “how did she die?” “She had cancer.”“她怎么死的？”“她得了癌症。” 80. how do you know that?你是怎么知道的？ 81. how did you find us?你怎么找到我们的？ 82. how could you have known?你是怎样知道的？ 83. how did you happen to move here?你怎么搬到这儿来了？ 84. “Is it going to rain?” “how should/would I know?” [=I don't know]“要下雨了吗？”“我怎么知道？” 85. how handsome is he?他有多帅？ 86. how much longer do we have to wait? = how much longer is the wait?我们还得等多久？ 87. I don't know how good the service is at the new restaurant.我不知道新餐馆的服务好不好。 88. I'm not sure how old he is.我不确定他有多大。 89. It's a pity how rarely we see each other.很遗憾我们很少见面。 90. how old he is! [=he is very old]他真老！ 91. how wonderful/strange/awful!真精彩/奇怪/可怕！ 92. how kind of you to ask!你提出邀请，真是太好了！ 93. (informal) how cool is that! [=that is really cool]那真酷！ 94. "“how are you?” “Very well, thank you.”"“你好吗？”“很好，谢谢。” 95. "“how are you doing?” “Okay, I guess.”"“最近好吗？”“我想，还不错。” 96. “how is your mother these days?” “Much better.”“你母亲最近身体怎么样？”“好多了。” 97. how do you feel? = how are you feeling?你感觉如何？ 98. how's the new job? [=do you like your new job?]新工作怎么样？ 99. how are things at home?家里情况怎么样？ 100. how did they do/perform [=did they do/perform well or badly] in the tournament?他们在锦标赛上表现如何？ 101. how was the play?比赛情况如何？ 102. how do you like the soup? = how is the soup? [=do you like the soup?; is the soup good?]你觉得这汤怎么样？ 103. I can bring it over tomorrow. how's that? [=is that all right?]我可以明天把它带来。这样行吗？ 104. "Let me get you another blanket. There, how's that? [=is that comfortable?; is that better?]"我再给你另拿条毛毯。你看，这条如何？ 105. He will send a check. how will that be? = how would it be if he sent you a check? [=would it be acceptable if he sent you a check?]他会寄过来一张支票。那样可以吗？ 106. "Prices are going up, and how! [=prices are going up very quickly]"价格一直在涨，涨得真快！ 107. “Will you be glad when it's over?” “And how!” [=I will be very glad when it's over]“那件事结束的时候你会高兴吗？”“当然！” 108. I don't know as how your plan would be any better than mine.我不知道你的计划哪里比我的好。 109. "Seeing as how things were getting worse [=because things were getting worse], she decided to do something."鉴于情况变得越来越糟，她决定做点什么。 110. "(US, informal) She allowed as how the situation was serious. [=she admitted that the situation was serious]"她承认形势严峻。 111. “We're all going to the beach.” “how about Kenny?”“我们都要去海边。”“肯尼怎么办？” 112. He won again! how about that guy! [=isn't that guy amazing/impressive?]他又赢了！这家伙真了不起！ 113. He won again! how about that! [=what good news!; isn't that great?]他又赢了！真了不起！ 114. We'll need to talk about this again. how about (meeting) next month?我们需要再谈谈这事。下个月（会面）怎么样？ 115. how about [=what about] driving to the coast for the weekend?周末开车去海边怎么样？ 116. how about another game? [=would you like to play another game?]再玩一局如何？ 117. What should we do tonight? how about (seeing) a movie?我们今晚做点什么呢？看电影怎么样？ 118. how's about some more pie?再来一些馅饼如何？ 119. how about a couple of dollars until payday? [=can you loan me a couple of dollars until payday?]在我发工资之前能借我几美元吗？ 120. how's about (offering me) a drink?（给我）一杯饮料好吗？ 121. "Well, how about it, are you coming?"噢，怎么样，你来吗？ 122. I like skiing and hiking. how about you? [=what sports do you like?]我喜欢滑雪和徒步旅行。你呢？ 123. "I'm ready to go. how about you? [=are you ready, too?]"我准备好出发了，你呢？ 124. “We don't need his help anyway.” “how can you say that?!” [=it is very wrong of you to say that]“总之我们不需要他的帮助。”“你怎么可以这样说？！” 125. how could she just walk away from her children like that?她怎么能就那样从她孩子身边走开？ 126. how could I (ever/possibly) leave this job?我怎么可能会辞掉这份工作？ 127. how can I (ever/possibly) thank you? [=I can never thank you enough; I am extremely grateful to you]我该如何感谢你？ 128. "You threw away my gift? Oh, how could you?"你扔掉了我的礼物？啊，你怎么可以这样？ 129. “He said he's not going.” “how come?” [=why isn't he going?]“他说他不去了。”“为什么？” 130. how come you're here so early? [=why are you here so early?]你怎么这么早就到这里了？ 131. how come no one told me?怎么没人告诉我？ 132. "how do you do, Miss Smith?"你好，史密斯小姐！ 133. "He's moving to Hawaii? Well, how do you like that! [=that's a surprise]"他要搬去夏威夷？真不可思议！ 134. She canceled at the last minute. how do you like that?她在最后一刻取消了。你能相信吗？ 135. “This room looks different.” “how so?” [=in what way does it look different?]“这个房间看起来不一样。”“怎么不一样？” 136. how's that? [=what did you say?] I didn't hear you.你说什么？我没听见。 137. I don't understand. how's that again?我不明白。再解释一遍好吗？ 138. He won first prize! how's that for a guy who almost didn't enter the contest at all!他得了第一！对于一个几乎没有参加过比赛的人来说真了不起！ 139. They took care of everything for us. how's that for hospitality? [=that was very hospitable]他们为我们料理好了一切。多么殷勤啊！ 140. how will we (ever) get everything done on time?我们怎么可能按时完成所有事情呢？ 141. how would he manage without her? [=I don't know if he will be able to manage without her; I doubt he will manage without her]没有她，他怎么能应付过去呢？ 142. We asked how we could help.我们询问该如何帮忙。 143. Let me tell you how we'll pay for the trip.让我告诉你我们要如何支付这次旅行费用。 144. The book tells the story of how the company was founded.这本书讲述了那家公司是如何成立的。 145. She explained how she came to live here.她解释了她是怎么来这儿生活的。 146. I don't know how the service is at the new restaurant.我不知道新餐馆的服务如何。 147. I remember how they fought.我记得他们是如何战斗的。 148. It's strange how [=the way that] things happen.事情发生得很奇怪。 149. Be careful how you talk; you could get fired.当心你说话的方式，你可能会因此被炒鱿鱼。 150. And that's how it is. [=that is the state of the situation]情况就是那样。 151. "They want to know how you're doing. [=if you are happy, successful, etc.]"他们想知道你过得怎么样。 152. She told us how she had to work hard.她告诉我们，她不得不努力工作。 153. He knows how you are a valued employee.他知道你是位受器重的雇员。 154. It's amazing how they completed the bridge so quickly.他们如此迅速地建成了这座桥，真令人吃惊。 155. He'll cook it how you like it.他会按照你的喜好烹调。