英语释义

1. for what cause, reason, or purpose
why did you do it?

2. the cause, reason, or purpose for which
know why you did it that is why you did it

3. for which on account of which
know the reason why you did it

4. reason, cause
wants to know the whys and wherefores

5. a baffling problem enigma

6. for what reason or purpose

7. the cause, reason, or purpose for which

8. for which

9. for what cause or reason
Why did you do it?

10. the cause or reason for which
We know why you did it.

11. for which
Here's the reason why I did it.

片语

Five Whys五问法

reasons推理；劝说（reason的第三人称单数）

The Whys ofaPhilosophicalScrivener哲学代言人的为什么

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）

whys analysis动因分析

the hows and whys情由

analysis of whys原因分析

Whys are killing me你在毁灭我

Whys in Wine葡萄酒平常问

the whys and wherefores所以然

英汉例句

• It means they are more interested in the hows and the whys as opposed to the whats.

  这就是说他们对你是怎样完成任务比较感兴趣，而不是你做了些什么。

• When I talked with other people recently about their ways and whys of giving thanks, I was most struck by how often their rituals arose from travails, not triumphs.

  最近和其他人聊到他们表示感谢的方式和原因时，最让我惊讶的是，他们的仪式常常起源于艰辛的经历而不是重大的成就。

• 「Without knowing the whys we can「t intervene, we can」t help these people,」 Molnar said.

  Molnar说：如果不知道原因，我们就不能进行干预，就不能帮助这些人。

• It means they are more interested in the hows and the whys as opposed to the whats.

  这就是说他们对你是怎样完成任务的感兴趣，而不是你做了些什么。

• ECONOMISTS turn over the hows and whys of the Depression in much the same way as statesmen once reflected on the decline of Rome or the eclipse of Athens by Sparta.

  经济家们思考大萧条发展形式和原因的方法与政治家分析古罗马之衰落和雅典被斯巴达推翻时使用的方式大体是一样的。

• It also touches on some of the who, what, when, where, and whys associated with this often ambiguously interpreted phrase.

  它也触及了一些人时，那里，为什么与这句话常常含糊解释。

• In the last part, the author try to explore the whys which bring on the differences between America and Germany, and indicate that the divergences root in three different basic notions.

  最后，笔者试图探索导致美国德国在此问题上分歧的原因，指出这种分歧源于美德两国在三个基本观念层面的不同。

• 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。

• To emphasize or blame the person, turning the five whys into the five whos.

  重点强调或者责备某个负责人，把「五个为什么」变成了「五个谁」。

• It should provide even more context for the hows and whys of subscriber calculations (and fluctuations).

  这项研究应该能够深层次的说明订阅量是如何计算（且为什么会波动）的。

• In this article, we「ll explore the whys of sleepwalking: why it happens the way it does, why it happens at all and why it」s so fascinating.

  本文将揭示梦游的几个为什么：为什么会发生，为什么会以这种形式发生以及它为什么让人着迷。

• I would drive myself mad with the entire whys until one day.

  总有一天我会被这所有的「为什么」逼疯。

• Using the five whys can become the driver of daily learning about the management and improvement of processes.

  运用「五个为什么」可以成为我们对于每日学习管理和过程改进的强大动力。

• As a very curious boy, Tom is interested not only in whats but also in whys and hows.

  汤姆是个非常好奇的男孩，他不仅对「是什么」感兴趣，而且也对「为什么」和「怎么会」感兴趣。

• She explained all the hows and whys of the issue.

  她详尽说明了问题的情况及原由。

• 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。

• 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。

相似词

account账户；解释；账目，账单；理由；描述

authority权威；权力；当局

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）

motive发动的；成为动机的

reason推论；劝说

subjectad 在……的条件下

wherefore因此