meth(meta-=after)+od(way)→方法;体系;秩序(=a way after,a following after)
🗣️ 情景例句
Harry, you didn't turn it down because of me …
Harry你拒绝它该不是因为我……
The fox that had lost its tail would persuade others out of theirs.
一条狐狸丢尾巴,就劝旁的也丢它。
There are even stories of half-trained elephant calves who have refused to feed and pined to death when by some unavoidable circumstance they have been deprived of their own trainer.