當“way”表示“方式、方法”，the way在句中作先行詞，後被壹個定語從句修飾時，引導定語從句可用that，也可用in which，或什麽都不用。即：
1) the way+that
2)the way+ in which?
3)the way + 從句(省略了that或in which)
在通常情況下,用in which 引導的定語從句最為正式,用that的次之,而省略了關系代詞that 或 in which 的,反而顯得更自然,最為常用。
例句
I don't like the way that he laughed at me.
=I don't like the way in which he laughed at me.
=I don't like the way he laughed at me.
我不喜歡他用那種方式來嘲笑我。
擴展資料：
the way 做先行詞的例句
（1）Science?and?technology?have?made?major?changes?to?the?way?we?live?
科技極大地改變了我們的生活方式。
（2）That?is?a?fair?approximation?of?the?way?in?which?the?next?boss?is?being?chosen.?
那和下壹任老板的選任方式相當類似。
（3）It's?quite?easy?to?make?quite?small?changes?to?the?way?that?you?work?
對工作方式作壹些小的改變會比較容易。
（4）There?are?qualitative?differences?in?the?way?children?and?adults?think?
孩子和成年人的思維方式有質的不同。
（5）You'd?be?so?much?happier?if?you?could?see?yourself?the?way?I?see?you?
如果妳能像我看妳那樣看待自己，妳會快樂得多。