当“way”表示“方式、方法”，the way在句中作先行词，后被一个定语从句修饰时，引导定语从句可用that，也可用in which，或什么都不用。即：
1) the way+that
2)the way+ in which
3)the way + 从句(省略了that或in which)
在通常情况下,用in which 引导的定语从句最为正式,用that的次之,而省略了关系代词that 或 in which 的,反而显得更自然,最为常用。
【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.
我不喜欢他用那种方式来嘲笑我。
扩展资料：
the way 做先行词的例句
（1）Science and technology have made major changes to the way we live
科技极大地改变了我们的生活方式。
（2）That is a fair approximation of the way in which the next boss is being chosen.
那和下一任老板的选任方式相当类似。
（3）It's quite easy to make quite small changes to the way that you work
对工作方式作一些小的改变会比较容易。
（4）There are qualitative differences in the way children and adults think
孩子和成年人的思维方式有质的不同。
（5）You'd be so much happier if you could see yourself the way I see you
如果你能像我看你那样看待自己，你会快乐得多。