0 for what reason -- 为什么
Quite why he isn't here today is a mystery. 他今天为什么不在这里真是个谜。
I don't know why she isn't here. 我不知道为什么她没在这儿。
The police asked me to explain why I hadn't reported the accident sooner. 警方要我解释为什么没有及时报告这起事故。
Why is it that I find chocolate so addictive? 为什么我觉得巧克力如此让人上瘾呢？
Why should I help him - he never helps me? 我为什么要帮他——他从来都没帮过我？
"I'm going home." "Why?" “我要回家了。”“为什么？”
2 the reasons for something -- 为什么；原因
I know very little about the whys and the wherefores of the situation. 我根本不知道是什么原因导致出现了这种情况。
The diversity of themes covered in the papers is the reason why this seemed to be such an eclectic mix.
However, if something is too complex, or is perceived to be too complex, then why should biologists bother?
Why then were those other thirty also quashed?
So why has such a synthesis been so slow to develop?
Even so, an explanation why just these symptoms co-occur would be welcome.
Now there is no reason why they could not at the same time derive symbolic or evidential value from something else than these outcomes.
But why exactly is this supposed to be a problem?
It also demonstrates why that process took almost twenty-five years to begin.
