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the whys and (the) wherefores
phrase
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。
It wasn't just the facts about what had happened that I was after, it was the whys and wherefores.
As to the whys and wherefores, I really have no idea.
This was not the time to examine the whys and the wherefores.
She didn't go into the whys and wherefores but simply related what had happened.
I struggle to understand the whys and wherefores of the war.
See also
whynoun
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