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80
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76
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74
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209
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94
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59
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76
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69
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56
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58
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97
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61
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56
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7
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20
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68
dash
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94
twitter
39
yak
35
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169
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38
applaudable
63
notarized
7
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38
bioweapon
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html
6
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406
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40
polysemous
47
frogman
105
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45
ambassadorial
71
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4
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46
mutter
455
distribution
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46
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217
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45
vex
480
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313
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27
elope
48
exuberance
67
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140
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233
conditional-discharge
26
cock
414
moonlike
6
pursuits
25
flapped
22
macroeconomic
82
carbon chain
41
the Scrubs
96
banner-ad
34
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113
drawbridge
102
haiku
77
extremity
197
first minister
53
hippie
6
jam-packed
61
medico
3
lunar
312
genera
55
haematoma
93
archness
37
fruit-machine
57
buttons
43
boiled-sweet
70
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193
basin
310
job
308
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2
talker
46
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116
unidentified
57
endeavor
135
Brain
132
cockiest
45
myob
6
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169
nudist
3
my lips are sealed
49
disability
216
normal
437
malfunction
177
Household-topic household
22
busy
257
pant
379
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40
arousing
59
do or die
71
candies
39
maze
191
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136
overprotective
202
downstate
87
exemplify
144
FT, the
95
binning
20
cavort
116
flash bulb
68
rave
162
cartoonist
65
dawn
410
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167
nephew
293
air rage
100
Cost
328
cruelties
19
Halifax
34
disdainful
265
district attorney
80
Impolite
129
Halifax, the
110
super
321
incomplete
96
partitive
1
radioactivity
388
defy
233
boarish
39
patronize
186
four-wheel drive
92
fieldmouse
88
guided-missile
54
willful
22
rendition
72
invasion
415
fluency
89
abandoner
26
BNC: 169
COCA: 158
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
why
Word family
adverb
whyever
why
why
1
/
waɪ
/
●●●
S1
W1
adverb
adv
1
REASON
used to ask or talk about the reason for something
为什么
Why are you crying?
你为什么哭?
Why do we have to take all these tests?
我们为什么一定要参加这些测验?
‘She wants to meet you.’ ‘Why?’
“
她想认识你。
”“
为什么?
”
‘I won’t be able to come into work tomorrow.’ ‘
Why not
?’
“
我明天不能来上班。
”“
为什么?
”
I have no idea why the television isn’t working.
我不明白电视机为什么坏了。
Simon loves you – that’s why he wants to be with you.
西蒙爱你
——
所以他想和你在一起。
He’s angry with me and I don’t know why.
他生我气了,我不知道为什么。
There’s no
reason why
we shouldn’t be friends.
我们没有理由不成为朋友。
why on earth/why ever etc
(=
used for emphasis when you are surprised, angry etc
)
究竟为什么〔用于强调〕
Why on earth didn’t you ask me to help?
你到底为什么不叫我帮忙?
‘I don’t want us to be seen together.’ ‘Why ever not?’
“
我不想被人看见我们在一起。
”“
到底为什么?
”
2
used to
introduce
a question that shows you do not think it is
necessary
to do something
为什么
…
〔用于引出疑问句,表示认为没必要做某事〕
Why worry? You can’t do anything about it.
为什么担心?这件事你无能为力。
Why waste time going to the bank when you can do it all over the Internet?
全都可以在网上办的事,为什么还要浪费时间去银行?
SPOKEN PHRASES
3
why not?
REGRET/FEEL SORRY
used to say that you
agree
with a
suggestion
为什么不呢?〔用于表示赞同某一建议〕
‘We could invite John and Barbara.’ ‘Yes, why not?’
“
我们可以邀请约翰和芭芭拉。
”“
是呀,干吗不呢?
”
Examples from the Corpus
why not?
•
"Maybe we could drive over to the
beach
today
." "Yeah,
why not
."
•
But if every now and then
real
life is
generous
enough to
throw
us a
dizzying
love
affair
,
why not
?
•
But then ask:
why not
?
•
Sure
, and
why not
a
cane
to
poke
at
baskets
?
•
Demand
immediate
repeat
immediate repeat immediate
dispatch
of krytron or immediate repeat immediate repeat immediate
explanation
of
why not
available
.
•
Since so much of house is
pure
beats,
why not
buy your
funk
in
skeletal
form too?
•
If you have a small
bathroom
,
why not
consider a
radiator
with a
built-in
towel
rail
?
•
But
why not
reward
teams
that played the best during the
entire
year?
•
Well then,
why not
simply
erase
them?
4
why doesn’t somebody do sth?
a)
(
also
why not do sth?
)
used to make a
suggestion
某人为什么不做某事?〔用于提出建议〕
Why don’t you bring over a video for us to watch?
你干吗不带一盘录像带来给我们看看?
Why not relax and enjoy the atmosphere?
为什么不放松放松,享受一下这气氛?
b)
used to say angrily that someone should do something
为什么不
…
?〔用于气愤地表示某人应该做某事〕
Why don’t you mind your own business?
你为什么不去管好你自己的事情?
Examples from the Corpus
why doesn’t somebody do something?
•
Why
don't you give me your
number
, and I'll
call
you.
•
Why not have the
picnic
in Glendale?
5
why sb?
REASON
used to
ask
why
a
particular
person
has been
chosen
or is
suffering
为什么是某人?
Why me? Why can’t someone else drive you?
为什么是我?为什么别人不能开车送你?
Examples from the Corpus
why somebody?
•
Why me? Why can't someone else
drive
you?
6
why oh why ...?
used to show that you are very
sorry
or
angry
about something
为什么要
…
?〔表示对某事非常后悔或生气〕
Why oh why did I say those horrible things?
为什么呀,为什么我要说那些难听的话?
Examples from the Corpus
Why not
•
Why do you need
carpet
in your new
store
,
Bill
?
Why not
cement
floors
?
•
This year, Victorine
snorted
: she and
L
éonie would have to do it.
Why not
chutney
?
•
Every other big business has to pay market
wages
to its
workers
.
Why not
college
sports
?
•
Q
:
Why not
give up an Aki Berg if you can get a Nieuwendyk?
•
Liturgical
occasions
?
Why not
let the people know?
•
They also make
perfect
presents
.
Why not
make a special
bookmark
for Thinking Day?
•
Why a
fear
of
turtles
?
Why not
the
conventional
witch
,
robbers
and
monsters
?
why
2
interjection
old-fashioned
SURPRISED
used when you are
surprised
or have suddenly
realized
something
哎呀,嗨〔表示惊讶或突然意识到某事〕
Why, look who’s here!
哎呀,看看这是谁!
And I thought to myself, why, I can do that.
我就对自己说,嗨,我能行的。
why
3
noun
the whys and (the) wherefores
REASON
the
reasons
or
explanations
for something
缘故,理由
The whys and the wherefores of these procedures need to be explained.
需要对这些手续的缘由作出解释。
why
1
adverb
adv
→SPOKEN PHRASES
1
why
2
interjection
why
3
noun
Chinese
Corpus
BNC: 169
COCA: 158
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
BNC: 169
COCA: 158
Oxford Learner's Thesaurus
BNC: 169
COCA: 158
Macmillan English Thesaurus
why
Ways of asking questions and making requests:
after you
,
any chance of...?
,
any luck?
...
Reasons and excuses:
reason, excuse, point...
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