why
为什么,为何
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Definitions
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- : for what? for what reason, cause, or purpose?: Why did you behave so badly?
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- : for what cause or reason: I don't know why he is leaving.
- : for which; on account of which: the reason why he refused to go.
- : the reason for which: That is why he returned.
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plural whys.
- : a question concerning the cause or reason for which something is done, achieved, etc.: a child's unending hows and whys.
- : the cause or reason: the whys and wherefores of a troublesome situation.
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- : : Why, it's all gone!
Synonyms & Antonyms
Examples
I mean, even Ron Fournier of National Journal, usually devoted to the pox-on-both-houses, why-can't-Obama-lead?
DB: Why/how does Credit Suisse feel like a good fit for you?
Ferguson reverses those emphases—focusing solely on this historic meltdown, the who/what/where/why/how.
Till now one with sudden hiss: "But-good Christ-just look-why, the roof's leaning—!"
And what is it that brings disaster on those who employ the phalanx?Why the phalanx fails.
It needed a beefy person with fat legs and a large amount of inexplicable dignity, a regular God-knows-why loftiness.
Weren't they as good as gold this morning, Emily?and yesterday!why they never murmured, as good as gold they were.
Like other sharp children, Why-Why was always asking metaphysical conundrums.