名詞 methodology:

1. the branch of philosophy that analyzes the principles and procedures of inquiry in a particular discipline
   同義詞：methodological analysis
2. the system of methods followed in a particular discipline

1. The methodology of genetic studies; an opinion poll marred by faulty methodology.
   遺傳學(xué)研究的方法; 被錯(cuò)誤地?fù)p害了效果的觀點(diǎn)調(diào)查

meth.od.ol.o.gy

n.（名詞）
【復(fù)數(shù)】 meth.od.ol.o.gies

A body of practices, procedures, and rules used by those who work in a discipline or engage in an inquiry; a set of working methods:
一套方法：從事某一學(xué)科或進(jìn)行某項(xiàng)研究的人使用的一整套方法、步驟和規(guī)則；一整套工作方法：
例句：
the methodology of genetic studies; an opinion poll marred by faulty methodology.
遺傳學(xué)研究的方法；被錯(cuò)誤地?fù)p害了效果的觀點(diǎn)調(diào)查

The study or theoretical analysis of such working methods.
方法學(xué)：對(duì)于這種工作方法的研究或理論分析
The branch of logic that deals with the general principles of the formation of knowledge.
方法論：研究知識(shí)形成的一般性原則的邏輯分支
Usage Problem Means, technique, or procedure; method.
【用法疑難】 方法：手段、技巧或步驟；辦法

【引伸】
meth.odolog.ical
meth.odolog.ically
adv.（副詞）
Methodology can properly refer to the theoretical analysis of the methods appropriate to a field of study or to the body of methods and principles particular to a branch of knowledge.In this sense,one may speak ofobjections to the methodology of a geographic survey (i.e., objections dealing with the appropriateness of the methods used) or of themethodology of modern cognitive psychology (i.e., the principles and practices that underlie research in the field). In recent years, however,methodology has been increasingly used as a pretentious substitute for method in scientific and technical contexts, as inThe oil company has not yet decided on a methodology for restoring the beaches. This usage may have been fostered in part by the tendency to use the adjectivemethodological to mean .pertaining to methods,. in as much as the regularly formed adjectivemethodical has been preempted to mean .orderly, systematic.. But the misuse ofmethodology obscures an important conceptual distinction between the tools of scientific investigation (properly methods ) and the principles that determine how such tools are deployed and interpreted—a distinction that the scientific and scholarly communities, if not the wider public,should be expected to maintain.
Methodology 可指對(duì)一個(gè)學(xué)科的研究方法進(jìn)行的理論分析， 也可指一個(gè)學(xué)科特有的一整套方法與步驟。在這種意義上，人們可以說對(duì)于一個(gè)地理調(diào)查所用方法提出的異議 （即，關(guān)于所用方法是否適當(dāng)所提的異議）， 也可以說現(xiàn)代認(rèn)知心理學(xué)的研究方法 （即，形成一門學(xué)科的研究基礎(chǔ)的原則和方法）。 然而，近些年來，在科學(xué)、技術(shù)語境中，methodology 越來越多地被用做頗帶炫耀夸張色彩的 method 的替換詞， 如說石油公司尚未決定恢復(fù)海灘環(huán)境的方法。 這種用法可能部分地起因于用形容詞methodological 來表示.與方法有關(guān)的.意思的傾向， 因?yàn)橛贸Ｒ?guī)方法構(gòu)成的形容詞methodical 已先行意味著.有序的，有系統(tǒng)的.。 但是methodology 的這種錯(cuò)誤用法模糊了一個(gè)重要的概念區(qū)分，那就是科學(xué)研究的方法（正確的說法應(yīng)是 methods )和決定這些方法如何運(yùn)用和闡釋的原則之間的區(qū)分——這個(gè)區(qū)分， 如果不為更多的大眾所認(rèn)識(shí)，至少應(yīng)為科學(xué)和學(xué)者圈子所堅(jiān)持