why

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

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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？

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？”

Look, why don't we give it. . . A year?

这样吧，要不我们再谈个……一年？

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？

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。

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。

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。

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。

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。

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？

Then it dawned on me, why go out for a walk when you can go out with a bang.

然后我想通了，所以当你外出散步，出去了榜。

Thanks for your mail, I will really like to have a good relationship with you, and i have a special reason why i decided to contact you.

感谢您的邮件，我真的想和你关系很好，我有一个特殊的原因，我决定联系你。

Now you know why women cheat. But we say, if you're thinking about cheating, just break up with the guy, before you move on to a new one.

现在你明白了为什么女性会出轨。但是如果你也正打算出轨，先去和另一半分手吧，然后再去找下一位。

She began peppering me with unnerving questions -- like why planes crashed, how frequently, and whether I knew that this one would be safe.

女儿开始问我一些让人不知所措的问题，为什么飞机会坠毁，机率是多少，她要搭乘的这架飞机会不会安全。

But all of a sudden, the man realized his wife did not eat the food and asked her why. But she only frowned slightly.

男人说你怎么不吃？随手拉她坐下，却突然发现女人轻皱着眉。

And yet the results of this election are likely to confirm that the place has tilted decisively to the right. Why?

然而这次选举的结果看来是确定了这次瑞典已经决定性的向右翼倾斜，为什么呢？

When blocking in football, why does a defending lineman often attempt to get his body under that of his opponent and push upward?

在橄榄球的防守中，为什么一个边线防守队员试图使自己的身体抵在对方的身体下并向前推？

Which was why, though she did not intimate to me anything of her reaction which I shared, I responded by holding out my hand to her.

因此，尽管她没有把我们所共有的想法告诉我，我把手伸给她，回答她说。

As he was ready to leave, he couldn't stand it and said, "You stupid bird, why don't you shut up! "

当他准备离开是，她忍无可忍地说：“你这只蠢鸟，为什么不闭上嘴！”

If you are not afraid of him why do you not deliver him to the Jews who for these six months past have been clamouring for him?

如果你不怕的话，你为什么不把他交给六个月以来，吵着要他的犹太人呢？

And why, with her happy, affectionate nature, should she have brought destruction and sorrow to all who had loved her.

象她那样一个性格乐观、温柔的姑娘，为什么却会给所有爱她的人，带来毁灭和悲伤呢。

Why he chose her-how they continued to suit each other-is a problem puzzling enough.

他怎么会挑中她--他们彼此怎能相合，确是一个十分费解的问题。

Why he had given me money to which I was convinced I had no claim, and, last of all, why he had tried to kill me.

他干吗要给我钱，我相信我明明没有权利要这些钱的，最主要的，他干吗要千方百计地谋杀我呢。

Why, it just got all inside of me somehow, and now I can't think of anything else.

啊，不知怎的，我的心里就尽想着这一切，如今再不能想什么别的事啦。

Why wouldn't it be a fine idea if you asked the governor to pardon him?

如果你能请求州长给他特赦，岂不是一件好事？

"Why, you're an angel! " he said with perfect honesty.

“哎呀，您是位天仙呀！”他非常诚恳地说。

He stared at her. He didn't even know why he had said it.

他目不转睛地看着她，自己也不知道怎么会冒出了这样一句话。

It may not be clear why two electrons should be permitted in each quantum state rather than just one.

人们也许不明白，为什么在每一量子态中容许存在两个电子而不是一个。

"His daughter? Ah! And everybody else. Why he formed me that way? " said Tom.

“他的女儿？唉！连其他所有的人都在内。他为什么那样来造就我？”汤姆说。

"Why in hell didn't you stay there and meet them, then? " I started to say, but I stopped.

“那你他妈为什么不留在那里接他们呢？”我正想这么说，但是把话咽下去了。

Two points help to explain why there was no essential change in the Latin American policies of the United States in 1913.

两种情形有助于解释为什么1913年美国的拉丁美洲政策没有本质变化。

We wondered why she had not struck at the moment of the French collapse.

我们觉得诧异，它为什么不在法国崩溃时就进行一击。

"Why, to see you, as it were, setting yourself in opposition to the law of your country. "

“唉，眼看你这样违抗你的国家的法律啊！”

On an impulse he said, "Why don't you and I have dinner together? "

出于一种冲动，他说：“为什么我们不一起去吃晚饭呢？”

Pug did not know why he was back in her good graces, or why he had fallen out in the first place.

帕格不知道他为什么又重新得到了她的宠爱，或者起先为什么会失掉。

He would not be quite able to comprehend why a black boy would want to read Mencken.

他不太能搞清楚为什么一个黑孩子要读门肯的书。

She had so low an opinion of her husband that she could not understand why on earth they should make him such an offer.

她太瞧不起自己的丈夫，所以她无法明白人家究竟为什么要向他提出这种邀请。

It's less easy to explain why her weeping loosed such a terrible emotion in me.

她的哭泣为什么惹起我大发脾气，这就不太容易解释了。

I never know for what he wanted the gun till I was taken up-I do not know yet why he wanted.

我直到被捕以后，都不知道他要那支枪做什么--我到现在还不明白。

He wondered why his father did not take advantage of the situation and bought some Texas certificates for himself.

他不懂他的父亲为什么不利用这个机会，自己买进一些得克萨斯债券。

"Why didn't mamma speak to me about him? " persevered the child.

“可为什么妈妈没跟我说起他来呢？”这孩子固执地问下去。

Trying to stave off that tricky topic, Pug asked, "Sir, why don't we take in a lot more refugees! "

为了竭力回避这个不好对付的话题，帕格问道：“先生，我们为什么不多接受难民呢？”

"Why the hell did you bother me with your nonsense? " the young man railed.

“我见了鬼才听你胡说八道！”年轻人沉不住气了

"A bachelor! " I said, astonished. "Why, who's that, Mr. Peggotty? " pointing to the person in the apron who was knitting.

“光棍儿！”我吃了一惊，说。“那么，那是谁哪，坡勾提先生？”我一面这样问，一面往那个系着围裙，坐着打毛活的妇人那儿一指。

This is one of the real underlying economic reasons why the gap between rich and poor nations seems to widen every year.

这就是富国和穷国之间的鸿沟似乎逐年扩大的一个真正潜在的经济原因。

I began to understand why lift is a factor in swimming in the mid-1960s.

我在本世纪六十年代中期开始懂得为什么升力是游泳中的一个因素。

Why did he not kiss her as she had dreamt that he would kiss her?

为什么他不象她所梦想的那样来吻她？

That was why he looked at the young man with a speculative frowning look, not condemning him, only wary and on the alert.

他所以要蹙着眉头，带着探索的神情望着这个年青人，对他存着戒心，而不斥责他，也就是这个道理。

"If he is so unhappy with her, " observed Berenice thoughtfully, "why doesn't he leave her? "

“假使他同她在一块儿是那么不幸福，”白丽莱茜若有所思地说道，“他为什么不离开她呢？”

I was nothing to him, and there was no reason why he should have wished me good-bye.

我同他非亲非故，没有理由要他来向我告辞的。

Besides, if it was a nightmare, then why I had not waken up when the most horrible happened?

还有，如果真是恶梦的话，为什么在最恐怖的时候，没有惊醒过来呢？

So, the unforgiving nature of it, just kind of somehow appealed to me, I don't know why, it just did.

这种运动的残酷性却偏偏吸引了我，我也不知道为什么，但我就是喜欢。

I asked why he does't use a computer, he said he has no part time job at this moment, so he has no desire to pay for that.

我问他，为什么不用电脑，他说，因为现在他还没有找到工作，所以他不想再额外花钱了。

Which makes it pretty easy to understand why auto sales are so bad right now.

因此就很容易理解为什么当前的汽车销售量如此低迷了。

He did not know why, but he felt oppressed by the vague sense of impending calamity.

他不知道为什么，可他隐约觉得灾难即将来临，心里很压抑。

In Mexico, they call her the "Miracle Woman" - and it's easy to see why.

据英国《每日邮报》9月28日报道，在墨西哥，人们叫她“奇迹般的女人”——很容易理解人们为什么这样称呼她。

We always do a good job, and I don't think you should say we are trying to cheat you. I'll check why the goods were underweight.

我们一向很尽责，而我也觉得你不该指责我们有意欺骗。我会查清楚为什么货物会重量不足。

Daniel: Why not? You told me that subway is a kind of train. If it had no restroom. what kind of train would that be?

丹尼尔：为什么没有啊？你告诉过我地铁是一种火车啊。如果没有厕所，那还叫火车吗？

It's easy to see why Maskrey assumed that no government would turn its back on such a gold-plated investment opportunity.

很容易看出为什么马斯克里预测政府不会放弃这么一个金光闪闪的投资机会。

Although normally a result of their's why they not always greeting, but worried about the heart has never been less blessed.

虽因自己平日里的琐事缠身而不常问候，但牵挂祝福的心从未曾减少。

A girl whose father sexually abused her for years asks, "Why should I forgive him for that? "

被父亲性虐待长达几年之久的女孩问：“他那样做，为什么我还要原谅他？”

Look at the word -- awe-inspiring righteousness, but behind it and how? Son why " betrayal" of his mother?

大义灭亲——这个词看上去正气凛然，但其背后又有着怎样的挣扎？儿子为什么会“背叛”自己的母亲呢？

Well why on earth would you allow her to wear tap shoes, here, of all places? They make such a noise.

那你究竟为什么让你女儿穿踢踏鞋来这儿，哪儿也不去，偏偏挑这儿？这鞋太吵了！

He didn't know why he'd done it, but the look in her eyes a moment later gave him a shock in his easy joy.

他不知道自己为什么会这样做，但与她眼神的瞬间对接却让他感到了震撼，全然没有了刚才放瓶子时轻松体验到的喜悦。

But obviously love each other but never forget the love that you do not understand why the matter.

而是明明爱的刻骨铭心而对方却认为你不懂爱为何物。

To sum up in a word, use these film to be forging teaching material, if why match a body with the heart, we master not hard.

一言以蔽之，利用这些软片为锻练教材，我们不难掌握如何以心配身。

Antigen of second liver surface why is somebody electropositive somebody be electronegative ? Which had been planted?

乙肝表面抗原为什么有人是阳性有人是阴性啊？哪种好呢？。

What is often lacking, or inadequately expressed, is an explanation of how and why the research is relevant to the public at large.

这类报道中经常缺乏的、或者表现不充分的，是向大家解释被报道的研究为何与公众有关。

If such discriminations are appropriate for birds, why should they be inappropriate in the case of men?

如果这些区别适用于鸟类的话，那么对人类来说为什么就不合适了呢？

(Let's dance) What you're doing' to me, girl, I can't hold back. Some hot stuff is all that I need. So why we waiting'?

（来跳舞吧）你对我做了什么，女孩，让我不能自制。我所需要的就是一些火热尤物。那为什么我们还在等待？

"Why, are you not? " returned his questioner, fretted into a state of the utmost irritation.

“怎么，难道你不是吗？”问话的人答道，陷入极端的愤怒的情绪中。

Why are these men loitering around the corner.

为什么这几个人在拐角处徘徊？

Difficult was it then and there to guess the causes why the tradition of the place wore so gloomy and stern a hue.

那时那地，人们很难猜到为什么那个地方的传统总是带着一种阴沉可怕的色彩。

Dr. Macphail hardly knew why he had made up his mind to appeal to the governor.

麦克费尔医生自己也弄不明白为什么决定去向总督说情。

"Why, that's exactly what we've done, sir! " said the delighted landlady.

“巧极了，我们早已给过她了，先生！”女店主听了很高兴，就这样说了。

I wondered why moralists call this world a dreary wilderness: for me it blossomed like a rose.

我奇怪，为什么说教者把世界称作凄凉的荒原；在我看来，它却象一朵盛开的攻瑰。

Why don't you give your parcel to me to carry?

你为什么不把你的包裹交给我替你带呢？

Else why the hurry, especially in the face of an approaching county election?

不然的话，凭什么要这样急，尤其是镇里的选举迫在眼前了。

Why don't you do some work instead of just frigging around all day?

你干吗不去找点活干而不再整天瞎胡闹？

She mounted beside the coachman, wondering why this good fortune had happened to her.

她一边爬上车去，坐在车夫身旁，一边很想知道为什么会有这么好的运气找到她的门上来。