英语释义

1. for what reason or purpose why

2. therefore

3. an answer or statement giving an explanation reason
wants to know the whys and wherefores

4. why entry 1

片语

grounds把…放在地上；把…建立在牢固的基础上；上底色（ground的第三人称单数）

occasions致使；引起（occasion的第三人称单数）

reasons推理；劝说（reason的第三人称单数）

英汉例句

• You are a man that has gone through it all, naturally you know the whys and wherefores of it.

  你是过来人，当然明白其中道理。

• The whys and wherefores of the phenomenon are worth consideration and research.

  其间原因，有待我们深入探讨。

• Keep reading for the in-depth detail on the whys and wherefores of the above configuration.

  请继续阅读更深层次的细节以了解以上配置的原因。

• You have pondered over the whys and wherefores of why we are here, who we are and for the purpose of our ongoing communications.

  你们已经仔细考量了为什么，为何我们会在这里。我们是谁…以及我们不断交流的目的是什么。

• Father told him not to always ask the whys and wherefores when he was told to do something.

  父亲告诉他叫他做事情时不要老是问三问四。

• We must always go into the whys and wherefores of anything. On no account should we follow anyone like sheep.

  我们对任何事情都要问一个为什么， 绝对不应盲从任何人。

• The standards of judgment must be rooted in the whys and wherefores of life as it is lived, the world as it is, not our wished-for fantasy of the world as it should be.

  评判的标準应当基于我们现有的生活和世界的原因和理由，而不是来自我们渴望和幻想的本应当有的世界。

• 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。

相似词

accordinglyad 因此，于是；相应地；照着

consequentlyad 因此；结果；所以

ergo(Ergo) （美、法、挪、阿、比、俄）埃尔戈（人名）

hencead 因此；今后

so(So)人名；(柬)索

thereforead 因此；所以

thereuponad 于是；随即；关于那，在其上

thusad 因此；从而；这样；如此