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| 释义 | DEFINITIVE EXAMPLES 权威例句〔DAMAGE〕No-one is really sure why people vandalize their own neighbourhoods. 没有人能够想明白为何会有人故意破坏自己住的区域。朗文写作活用〔DESERVE〕Why did ministers fail to inform the public of these dangers? The people of Britain deserve answers. 为何大臣们不预先告诉公众有这些危险？英国人民理应得到回答。朗文写作活用〔DIFFERENT〕I don't know why Max took an interest in me. We were always worlds apart. 我不明白马克斯为何对我感兴趣。我们向来是南辕北辙的。朗文写作活用〔DIFFERENT〕She couldn't explain what had made her go against her upbringing and character and behave so recklessly. 她无法解释为何自己会做出与教养和性格相违背的事，行为如此轻率鲁莽。朗文写作活用〔DO/NOT DO〕The public are demanding to know why the government neglected to warn them of the oil shortages. 公众要求知道政府为何没有警告他们石油短缺的事。朗文写作活用〔EXIST〕There are several theories as to why the dinosaurs became extinct. 恐龙为何灭绝有多种说法。朗文写作活用〔EXPRESS〕I was at a loss to explain my sudden fit of rage. 我不知如何来解释自己为何会突然发火。朗文写作活用〔IDEA〕Why not ask Sylvia? She's always full of bright ideas. 为何不去问西尔维娅？她总有许多绝妙的主意。朗文写作活用〔INSTEAD〕I can't understand why they chose him instead of you -- you're much better qualified for the job. 我不明白他们为何选他而没选你—这个工作你的资历比他合适得多。朗文写作活用〔INTEND/NOT INTEND〕I wasn't sure why he'd done it, but I intended to find out. 我不肯定他为何那么做，但我打算搞清楚。朗文写作活用〔INTERESTED〕Why are people so crazy about opera? It leaves me completely cold. 为何人们会如此热衷于歌剧？我可不感兴趣。朗文写作活用〔INTERESTING〕In an absorbing book about how she learned to fly, Diane Ackerman tells why she chooses to risk her life. 黛安娜·阿克曼在一本关于她如何学会飞行的引人入胜的书中，讲述了她为何选择了拿自己的生命去冒险。朗文写作活用〔INTERESTING〕It was easy to understand why Denise found Chris so fascinating. 不难理解为何丹尼斯会觉得克丽丝如此迷人。朗文写作活用〔KIND〕Why can't they just be nice to each other? 他们为何就不能友好相处呢?朗文写作活用〔LIE〕You look really tired. Why don't you go and lie down for a while? 你看上去很累，为何不去躺一会儿?朗文写作活用〔LOGICAL〕Because we do not know what death is, it is illogical to fear it. 我们不知道死亡为何物，所以害怕死亡是没有道理的。朗文写作活用〔LOGICAL〕Why had she left the note? It just didn't add up. 她为何要留下字条？这说不通呀。朗文写作活用〔Polaroid〕Why don't you send us a few Polaroids of the new house? 你为何不给我们寄一些新房子的宝丽来照片呢？朗文当代〔RESPONSIBLE〕The minister has the burden of explaining why he must raise taxes. 部长有责任对为何增税作出解释。朗文写作活用〔TELL SB OFF〕She launched into another one of her lectures about why we should always do our homework. 她又开始长篇大论地教训我们为何要常做功课。朗文写作活用〔UNFAIR〕Why do so many companies think it's OK to discriminate against older people? 为何那么多公司认为歧视年纪大的人是没有关系的呢？朗文写作活用〔USUALLY〕They always come up with the same old excuses for why they can't deliver on time. 他们总是用同样的老借口来搪塞为何无法准时把货送到。朗文写作活用〔absorption〕I don't understand James' absorption with military history.我不明白詹姆斯为何对军事史那么痴迷。朗文当代〔account〕How do you account for the show's success? 你认为这次演出为何成功？牛津高阶〔again〕Why don't we begin again?我们为何不重来一次呢？外研社新世纪〔ail〕A full-scale debate is under way on what ails the industry.关于工业为何陷入困境正在展开一场全面的讨论。柯林斯高阶〔altogether〕It is not altogether clear why she left.尚未完全清楚她为何离开。韦氏高阶〔behind〕He wondered what was behind his neighbour's sudden friendliness.他疑惑为何邻居的态度突然友好起来。剑桥高阶〔bothered〕I don't know why he bothers me with this kind of rubbish.我不明白他为何用这种烂事来烦我。柯林斯高阶〔brash〕Why is he always so cocky and brash?他为何总是如此狂妄放肆？外研社新世纪〔cold turkey〕Instead of trying to quit cold turkey, why don't you slowly decrease the amount that you smoke? 与其试图突然戒烟，为何不慢慢减少你的吸烟量呢？韦氏高阶〔column inches〕Why, then, devote so many column inches to reviewing the latest Trollope?那么, 为何要用如此大的篇幅去评论特罗洛普的新作？外研社新世纪〔come out〕Why don't you just come out and say what you really think? 你为何不直接讲出你的真实想法呢？韦氏高阶〔come〕Why don't you come and/to stay with us for a while? 你为何不来和我们待一会儿？韦氏高阶〔court〕He knew that this would be his day in court —his last chance to explain why he acted as he did.他知道这是为自己辩解的机会, 解释自己为何如此行事的最后机会。外研社新世纪〔crab〕I don't know why she's been such a crab lately.我不知道她最近为何变成这样一个怨妇。韦氏高阶〔decent〕I don't understand how so decent a person could be involved with this kind of crime.我不明白如此正派的人为何会卷入这种罪行中韦氏高阶〔destine〕Where are you destined? 你的目的地为何处?英汉大词典〔droopy〕What are you so droopy about? 你为何如此沮丧?英汉大词典〔easy〕It's easy to see why he's so popular.不难看出他为何会那么受欢迎。剑桥高阶〔excuse〕He mumbled some lame excuse about having fallen asleep.他含糊地说了个牵强的理由来解释为何睡着。外研社新世纪〔explain〕I'll explain why I don't believe your story.我会解释我为何不相信你说的情况。朗文当代〔fathom〕I couldn't fathom why she made such a foolish decision. = I couldn't fathom her reasons for making such a foolish decision.我不明白她为何会做出如此愚蠢的决定。韦氏高阶〔foggy〕I don't have the foggiest idea why he called me.我压根儿不知道他为何打电话给我。麦克米伦高阶〔fret〕What are you fretting about?你为何烦恼?21世纪英汉〔frown〕Why are you frowning?你为何皱眉?21世纪英汉〔get〕He somehow got the idea that I was lying to him.不知为何他觉得我在骗他。韦氏高阶〔gut〕What makes some people want to spill their guts on national television? 为何有些人愿意在国家电视台上倾诉自己的情感呢？韦氏高阶〔home port〕The port from which a merchant vessel primarily operates, regardless of its registry.母港：一只商船主要的出发港，无论其登记港为何处美国传统〔how〕How [What] do you mean? 你的用意为何?你什么意思?文馨英汉〔indefinable〕His head felt lighter in some indefinable way.他的头不知为何有点晕眩。柯林斯高阶〔knock down〕Why doesn't he just knock the wall down?他为何不干脆把墙推倒？外研社新世纪〔land〕How did you land up studying astronomy? 你为何最终选定学天文学呢？麦克米伦高阶〔law〕The book analyses why women kill and how the law treats them.这本书分析了女性为何杀人以及法律如何对待她们。外研社新世纪〔lord〕Lord only knows why he picked me! 只有天知道他为何选中了我！麦克米伦高阶〔make sth/sb out〕Nobody can make out why you should have been attacked.没人会明白你为何受到攻击。剑桥高阶〔middle-aged〕They had grown middle-aged; they had somehow forgotten.他们已步入中年, 但不知为何自己竟浑然不觉。外研社新世纪〔miss〕The bullet somehow missed his heart.不知为何子弹没有打中他的心脏。牛津搭配〔need〕I understand why she was angry, but there was no need to be so nasty to him.我明白她为何生气，但也没必要对他这么粗暴无礼。剑桥高阶〔nose〕I don't know why you couldn't find it—it's right here under your nose.我不明白你为何找不到——它就在你眼皮底下韦氏高阶〔now〕It is not clear why this work should suddenly now be published in Britain.不清楚这部作品为何今天要在英国突然出版。英汉大词典〔peel〕You look hot—why don't you peel off? 你看来很热，为何不脱掉衣服？牛津高阶〔plan〕We don't have any plans for the weekend – why don't you come over? 我们周末没有什么安排 — 你为何不过来呢？朗文当代〔province〕It is beyond my province to question the reasons for this recommendation.我无权质询为何作此推荐。英汉大词典〔puzzle〕He was trying to puzzle out why he had been brought to the house.他想弄明白自己为何被带到这所房子。牛津高阶〔quibble〕Why are you quibbling over such a small amount of money? 你为何对这么一点钱斤斤计较？韦氏高阶〔quiz〕My friend quizzed me about my reasons for leaving here.朋友追问我为何要离开这里。21世纪英汉〔realize〕I came to realize in the end why it must be done.我到最后终于认识到这事为何非做不可。英汉大词典〔repay〕When do you think you will be able to repay us? 你认为何时能还我们钱？麦克米伦高阶〔see〕Suddenly the teacher saw into Linda's strange actions.教师突然懂得了琳达为何行为那么古怪。英汉大词典〔sing〕We still do not know why whales sing.我们至今未弄清鲸为何吟啸。英汉大词典〔spare〕No one knows why the gunman shot some people and spared others.没人知道为何持枪歹徒射杀一些人而放过了另一些人。韦氏高阶〔store〕I don't know why she stores up all those old magazines.我不知道她为何要保存所有那些旧杂志。英汉大词典〔such〕Why did this tragedy happen here and now? Such questions are easier to ask than to answer.为何这个悲剧发生在此时此地呢？这类问题问起来容易答起来难。麦克米伦高阶〔tackle〕The interviewer tackled him about his failure to criticize the terrorist bombings.采访者质问他为何没有谴责恐怖主义爆炸事件。麦克米伦高阶〔take to〕The first series was really bad. But for some reason the public took to it.第一部系列剧糟透了，可是不知为何，观众开始喜欢上了它。柯林斯高阶〔tarry〕Why did he tarry so long on his way home? 他为何在回家途中耽搁那么久?文馨英汉〔telescope〕Time had become curiously telescoped lately.最近不知为何时间变得越来越短了。外研社新世纪〔this〕I thought, this is why I've travelled thousands of miles.我想，这就是我为何不远千里赶来的原因。柯林斯高阶〔tick〕I've never really understood what makes her tick.我从未真正理解她为何会这样。朗文当代〔unaccountable〕She has shown an unaccountable reluctance to accept their offer.不知为何她表示不愿接受他们的好意。韦氏高阶〔understand〕I could never understand why she was fired.我怎么也不明白她为何被解雇。牛津高阶〔walk〕Why don't we take a walk in the garden? 我们为何不到花园里去散散步呢？朗文当代〔wherefore〕For what purpose or reason; why.为何：为什么目的或原因，为何美国传统〔will〕What is your will? 汝所欲为何?英汉大词典〔yet〕He's overweight and bald, (and) yet somehow, he's attractive.他肥胖且秃头，然而不知为何却很有魅力。剑桥高阶Before you criticize me, I think you should let me explain why I acted in the way I did.在你批评我之前，你应该让我解释一下我为何这么做。剑桥国际He gave the weakest of excuses when asked why he was late.问及为何迟到时，他给了一条最没有说服力的理由。剑桥国际He took copious notes during the lecture and then wondered why he had bothered.他上课时作了大量笔记，后来又不明白自己为何如此费心。剑桥国际He's got a huge nose, he's overweight and he's bald (and) yet somehow he's incredibly attractive.他有一个大鼻子，身体超重而且秃头，然而不知为何他却有着难以置信的吸引力。剑桥国际I can understand his unhappiness. But to attempt suicide! 我能理解他的不幸，但无法理解为何要自杀。剑桥国际I don't understand why a ballet company can't perform fresh new material instead of just bringing out the same old warhorses year after year.我不明白一个芭蕾舞团为何不能表演点新鲜的素材，而只会年复一年地重演同样的剧目。剑桥国际Nobody can make out why you should have been attacked. 没人明白你为何受到袭击。剑桥国际Nobody understands why this team keeps losing. My interpretation is that there is internal fissure at play. 谁也搞不懂这个球队为何老是输球，依我看是内部不合。译典通She inquired why he had not thought of that before. 她查问为何他以前没想到那一点。译典通She marched into my office demanding to know why I hadn't written my report.她快步冲进我的办公室，想知道我为何没写报告。剑桥国际The headteacher demanded an explanation of why the boys had behaved badly during lessons.男孩子们为何在课上表现恶劣？校长要求得到一个解释。剑桥国际There's a whole host of reasons why he didn't get the job.有无数理由可说明他为何没得到这份工作。剑桥国际Why don't you get off your behind (= stand up) and do something! 你为何不站起来干些什么！剑桥国际Why is the company an attractive investment opportunity? 为何投资这家公司具有吸引力？牛津商务 |
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