meth(meta-=after)+od(way)→方法;體系;秩序(=a way after,a following after)
??? 情景例句
Can you give me a loan?
你能借我點錢嗎?
She was promoted on the basis of her accomplishment.
她是依其成就得到晉升的。
Yet, in real life, circumstances do sometimes conspire to bring about coincidences which anyone but a nineteenth century novelist would find incredible.