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词汇 why
释义 why
adverb
uk /waɪ/ us /waɪ/
A1
for what reason: 为什么
"I'm going home." "Why?"“我要回家了。”“为什么?”
Why did you choose to live in London?你为什么选择在伦敦生活?
Why wait? Let's leave now.为什么要等?我们现在就走吧。
Why should I help him - he never helps me?我为什么要帮他——他从来都没帮过我?
Why is it that I find chocolate so addictive?为什么我觉得巧克力如此让人上瘾呢?
The police asked me to explain why I hadn't reported the accident sooner.警方要我解释为什么没有及时报告这起事故。
I don't know why she isn't here.我不知道为什么她没在这儿。
Quite why he isn't here today is a mystery.他今天为什么不在这里真是个谜。
reason whyThere is no reason why we shouldn't succeed.我们没有理由不成功。
She cited three reasons why people get into debt.她举出了人们为何负债的3个原因。
I'll never comprehend why she did what she did.我永远也不会明白她为什么那么做。
It's easy to see why he's so popular.不难看出他为何会那么受欢迎。
She marched into my office demanding to know why I hadn't written my report.
My usual train was cancelled. That's why I'm so late.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Linguistics: question words & expressions
amirite
blaze
devil
extent
how about...?idiom
how, what, why, etc. on earth...idiom
in God's/heaven's nameidiom
question tag
trick
what the blazes...?idiom
what's something in aid of?idiom
what's that (all) about (then)?idiom
what's the score?idiom
when
whenever
where
wherefore
which
world
yes

Grammar



Relative pronouns: when, where and why
In informal language, we often use where, when or why to introduce defining relative clauses instead of at which, on which or for which. …

Why
Why is a wh-word. We use why to talk about reasons and explanations. …

Why as a question word
We can use why to ask about reasons and explanations: …

Why: asking for reasons
When we ask for reasons in speaking, we can use the phrase why is that? In informal conversations we often say why’s that?: …

That’s why …: giving reasons
We often use the phrase that’s why to give a reason: …

Why should …: expressing annoyance
When we are annoyed about something, we sometimes use the phrase why should: …

Why don’t and why not: making suggestions
We use why don’t and why not to make suggestions: …

Why not?: showing agreement
We can use the phrase why not? as a reply which shows that we agree to a suggestion or request: …

Idioms


why don't you...?
why not...?
why
exclamation
mainly US or old-fashioneduk /waɪ/ us /waɪ/
used to express surprise or anger: (表示惊讶或生气)天哪!
Why, if it isn't old Georgie Frazer!哟,这不是老乔吉‧弗雷泽吗?
Why, I've never seen anything like it!哇,我从没见过这样的事!
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Linguistics: interjections
aiyo
attaboy
attagirl
auf Wiedersehen
aw shucks
doctor
eat your heart outidiom
guess
hip
lordy
marry
mazel tov
more
more power to your elbow!idiom
roll
yoicks
yoink
you know something?idiom
you should have seen/heard something/someoneidiom
you the man!idiom

Grammar



Why
Why is a wh-word. We use why to talk about reasons and explanations. …

Why as a question word
We can use why to ask about reasons and explanations: …

Why: asking for reasons
When we ask for reasons in speaking, we can use the phrase why is that? In informal conversations we often say why’s that?: …

That’s why …: giving reasons
We often use the phrase that’s why to give a reason: …

Why should …: expressing annoyance
When we are annoyed about something, we sometimes use the phrase why should: …

Why don’t and why not: making suggestions
We use why don’t and why not to make suggestions: …

Why not?: showing agreement
We can use the phrase why not? as a reply which shows that we agree to a suggestion or request: …
why
noun
uk /waɪ/ us /waɪ/
 the whys and (the) wherefores
the reasons for something: 为什么;原因
I know very little about the whys and the wherefores of the situation.我根本不知道是什么原因导致出现了这种情况。

why | American Dictionary


why
conjunction, adverb[ not gradable ]
us/wɑɪ, hwɑɪ/
for what reason:
Why do you like living in Paris?
She’ll ask why you don’t have your homework.

Idiom


why not

Examples of why


why
This is why it is much easier to determine whether a philosophical principle is true than to determine the extent of its validity.
Then why does threat simulation co-occur with psychological troubles?
Political economists and political scientists have offered a plethora of explanations for why competition in laxity remains rare in environmental and consumer policy.
It remains to be seen why (43) loses its validity for long times.
The obvious question, however, is why they are not used more in teaching design.
I would like to know why they took place.
Finding an answer to the question of why a transformation took place in prehistory, then, would ideally mean taking all factors involved into account.
It also demonstrates why that process took almost twenty-five years to begin.
But why exactly is this supposed to be a problem?
Now there is no reason why they could not at the same time derive symbolic or evidential value from something else than these outcomes.
Even so, an explanation why just these symptoms co-occur would be welcome.
So why has such a synthesis been so slow to develop?
Why then were those other thirty also quashed?
However, if something is too complex, or is perceived to be too complex, then why should biologists bother?
The diversity of themes covered in the papers is the reason why this seemed to be such an eclectic mix.
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