【why音标】 英[waɪ] 美[waɪ]
【单词释义】 why是什么意思：
adv.（用于问句）为什么；为何；（反问，表示不必）何必；（说明理由）为什么
int.呵唷，哎呀，呦，嗨
n.理由；原因；说明；难解的问题
[单词分级] 中考英语词汇
[单词复数] whys
【单词例句】
◇ He walked along a little while with Little Red Cap, then he said, "Little Red Cap, just look at the beautiful flowers that are all around us. Why don't you go and take a look?
於是它陪着小红帽走了一会儿，然后说：“小红帽，你看周围这些花多么美丽啊！干吗不回头看一看呢？还有这些小鸟，它们唱得多么动听啊！
---- Little Red Cap
◇ All of a sudden the room became bright and a fairy godmother appeared. "Pretty Cinderella why are you crying?" "I want to go to the ball too. But, there's so much to do and I have nothing to wear."
突然，房间变得明亮起来，仙女教母出现了。“漂亮的灰姑娘，你为什么要哭呢?”“我想去参加舞会。但是，我还有很多活儿要做，而且我没有晚礼服。
---- Cinderella
◇ Poor Alice was very unhappy.'What a wonderful garden!' she said to herself.'I'd like to be out there—not in this dark room.Why can't I get smaller?'
可怜的爱丽丝难过极了。“多漂亮的花园呀！”她想。“我要出去——不想呆在这个黑屋子里。可我怎么才能变得小一点呢？”
---- Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1)
◇ "Your saliva is your natural protective mechanism," says Nigel Carter, chief executive of the Oral Health Foundation in the UK, inhibiting bacterial growth and tooth decay. "The saliva flow reduces overnight, so that's why it's very important that all the plaque is cleared away before you sleep."
英国口腔健康基金会首席执行官奈杰尔·卡特说：“你的唾液是你的天然保护机制，”可以抑制细菌生长和蛀牙。“唾液流动在夜间减少，这就是为什么在睡觉前清除所有牙菌斑非常重要。”
---- How to properly brush your teeth
◇ The mother sat and mourned the entire day, until the youngest son —— who was always with her, and who was named Benjamin after the Bible —— said to her, "Dear mother, why are you so sad?"
做母亲的现在整天坐在那里伤心，终於有一天，一直和她呆在一起的最小的儿子——她给他起了个《圣经》上的名字便雅明——问她：“亲爱的妈妈，你为甚么这样忧伤？”
---- The Twelve Brothers
◇ Then she cried aloud, and began to weep. Soon she heard a voice. It said, "Why are you weeping, princess? Your tears can melt even the stones!"
这时她大声喊叫，开始哭了起来。不久她听到一个声音说：“你为什么哭呢，公主？你的眼泪甚至能把石头溶化掉。”
---- The Frog Prince
◇ "So why do you want to work here?"Eventually this question comes up in every interview. Over the course of the last 30 years, I have been and I continue to ask this question all the time.
“为什么你想来这里工作？”每次面试最终都会谈到这个问题。在过去30年里，我一直在询问求职者这个问题，也将继续问下去。
---- Why do you want to work here?
◇ Why did college become the predominant term for postsecondary education? And is there any difference between the two institutions?
为什么college成为指代中学后教育时普遍使用的术语？这两种机构之间有什么区别吗？
---- What's the difference between a college and a university?
◇ That also explains why we tend not to like murky brown colors, as we link them to dirty water, poop, and disease.
这也解释了为什么我们不喜欢暗褐色，因为它们总让我们想起脏水、便便和疾病。
---- What is the world's most relaxing color?
◇ Always offer a reason for why you want to develop a particular skill. For example, you might say you're interested in developing your Photoshop skills in order to enhance your marketing ability.
在你表示自己想培养某种技能时一定要说明原因。比如，你可以说你有意提高PS水平，以提高营销能力。