why

美 [hwaɪ]
英 [waɪ]
  • adv.为何；（反问，表示不必）何必；（说明理由）为什么
  • n.原因；难解的问题
  • int.嗨
  • 网络为什麽；为什么做；何故
复数：whys  

权威英汉双解

英汉

英英

网络释义

WHY
adv.
1.
（用于问句）为什么，为何used in questions to ask the reason for or purpose of sth
Why were you late?
你为什么迟到？
Tell me why you did it.
告诉我你为什么这样做。
‘I would like you to go.’ ‘ Why me? ’
“我希望你去。”“为什么要我去呢？”
Why oh why do people keep leaving the door open?
人们到底为什么总不随手关门呢？
2.
（反问，表示不必）何必used in questions to suggest that it is not necessary to do sth
Why get upset just because you got one bad grade?
何必因为一次成绩不好就想不开呢？
Why bother to write? We'll see him tomorrow.
还费事写信干什么？我们明天就见到他了。
3.
（说明理由）为什么，…的原因used to give or talk about a reason
That's why I left so early.
这就是我早早离去的原因。
I know you did it─I just want to know why.
我知道这是你干的，我只是想知道为什么。
The reason why the injection needs repeating every year is that the virus changes.
每年需要重新注射的原因是这病毒经常变化。
IDM
Why ever didn't you tell us before?
你为什么不早告诉我们呢？
why ever
（用于问句，语带惊讶）究竟为什么used in questions to mean ‘why’, expressing surprise
Why ever didn't you tell us before?
你为什么不早告诉我们呢？
Why not write to her?
为什么不给她写信呢？
‘Let's eat out.’ ‘ Why not? ’
“咱们到外边吃去吧。”“好哇。”
Why don't we go together?
我们为什么不一起去呢？
why not?
（提出或赞同建议）为什么不呢，好哇used to make or agree to a suggestion
Why not write to her?
为什么不给她写信呢？
‘Let's eat out.’ ‘ Why not? ’
“咱们到外边吃去吧。”“好哇。”
Why don't we go together?
我们为什么不一起去呢？
int.
1.
（惊讶、不耐烦等时说）哎呀，呦，哟，嗨used to express surprise, lack of patience, etc.
Why Jane, it's you!
呦，简，是你呀！
Why, it's easy─a child could do it!
嗨，这容易得很，连小孩子都干得了！
n.
IDM
I had no intention of going into the whys and the wherefores of the situation.
我无意深入调查这一情况的来龙去脉。
the whys and (the) wherefores
理由；原因；缘故the reasons for sth
I had no intention of going into the whys and the wherefores of the situation.
我无意深入调查这一情况的来龙去脉。

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1.
But if you've got guts and a sense of adventure, why not have it out with him?
但是如果你够胆冒险，为什么不放手和他一博？
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2.
In a small zoo camel asked his mother: "Mom Mom, why do we so long eyelashes? "
在动物园里的小骆驼问妈妈：“妈妈妈妈，为什么我们的睫毛那么地长？”
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3.
Look, why don't we give it. . . A year?
这样吧，要不我们再谈个……一年？
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4.
Why not, then, call upon Mind when you have done all you know how to do and yet success seems beyond your efforts.
那么，为什么在你去做那些你知道必须要做却又好像能力不及的事情的时候不将宇宙意识唤醒呢？
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5.
That's why relativity is better than what Newton came up with. Newton was right up to a point, but relativity covers his ground, and more.
这就是为什么相对论比牛顿的观点要更完善。牛顿在某个点上是对的，而相对论则涉及整个面，更为广泛。
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6.
When Klingenberg reported to his superiors to explain why he had not followed orders, he was drunk, unshaven and smelled of perfume.
在向上司陈述为何没有遵守命令时，克林根贝格醉醺醺的，满脸胡须还满身香水味。
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7.
It's where you explain in a paragraph or two why you think employers should hire you and why you are the perfect match for the job.
你可以用1或2段阐述为什么你认为雇主应该要雇用你，为什么你可以很好地胜任这份工作。
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8.
H e has a strong sense of responsibility , and that's why he is chosen to take control of this project.
他有极强的责任感，这就是为什么他被选中掌管这个项目。
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9.
That's really the only reason I can think of as to why so many recent studies have come out on whether caffeine is "good" for you or not.
我能想到的是为什么最近出现很多对咖啡因是否对人有益的研究，只有这个原因。
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10.
The problem was, why should the thousands of you now watching this believe me when I say that, videogames were to blame?
有句老话叫“电影记录人生”。问题是，现在坐在屏幕前看着这部短片的你们为什么要相信我所谓“游戏是罪魁祸首”的论调？
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