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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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wpi
92
ail
180
Dab
209
hey
126
you
160
wildcatter
65
cgi
185
eke
221
vip
149
be
495
Lab
83
em-
159
gui
214
Duh
173
tap
1056
ban
806
dad
270
spf
151
Mad
400
uss
133
Route
306
(on) sale or return
142
proximity
301
reach out
117
terraced
187
DisAppear
331
windmill
105
Order
281
sign something ↔ over
34
found
709
country-club
81
active service
238
polishing
46
applied
244
Sustainer
46
surveying
60
Could use
70
decidable
92
teakettle
87
Embarking
63
Sustained
269
permeated
51
lamp-post
83
radiogram
102
selenious
69
yuppified
55
priciness
55
halfpence
72
abilities
78
suggested
290
irrigable
50
spottiest
62
publicness
55
reappeared
123
retractive
60
NBA, the
80
tapestried
62
Woolworths
128
end-result
143
well up in
63
NFT, the
84
nonviolent
73
annotation
94
beach-ball
93
Mistakenly
132
subway
687
ganglionic
52
con-artist
76
archetypal
172
bone up on
136
cheltenham
76
Convalesce
5
team mates
77
easterlies
116
doorstepped
81
funding
242
butter-bean
76
marquessate
77
daisy-chain
80
ejaculatory
125
gas chamber
187
Dying to do
99
piscatorial
83
embarkation
96
necessaries
64
trance-like
54
Forecasting
95
gang-banger
44
extensional
96
bump
430
Barbados
136
lecture
979
filter tip
209
Moment
94
by
350
dedicatee
104
poseur
77
To change from one subject or discussion to another
148
fjord
157
To disappear or to stop existing or happening
80
smart
839
opinion
807
pretend
767
go out
203
alcoholic
240
pocket
761
beatrice
80
truly
692
Endorsement
324
unit
809
accuracy
779
confab
145
newman
69
charlatanism
74
bike
219
humanise
85
gigolo
239
structure
1059
lawyer
831
minion
219
misdirection
154
grades
122
chubby
324
Redecorate
145
Sugar
131
limitless
245
flex your muscles
116
breakfast television
130
prince edward island
116
bone up on something
145
wage earner
98
herman
73
get your act together
83
Currencies-topic currency
55
Household-topic household
74
Sensible and reasonable
223
add something ↔ on
147
look somebody in the eye
50
win somebody ↔ over
390
awacs
150
blot something ↔ out
415
eat something ↔ away
91
fiddle around with something
166
freeze somebody ↔ out
164
somebody's bark is worse than their bite
53
homegrown
208
paralyze
233
heckuva
90
foxhound
177
effronteries
95
amnesia
229
Greenish
79
definition
924
Markup
113
skid row
177
extend
754
alloy
660
depersonalization
149
PGP
112
fifth-columnist
87
ineffable
135
cardinal point
182
wend
131
travel sickness
83
loose end
159
ethnic minority
137
To find or to have enough time for something
119
operating table
100
Set on
115
Klein Calvin
52
gherao
111
confess
719
Fine
327
combination lock
173
sacrifice
729
dioxide
206
aerogram
102
exclamation mark
201
digestion
342
encrypt
192
gradual
660
idol
261
junglelike
55
BYOB
106
bad hair day
203
appeal court
143
gumball
183
rest
780
Arouse
306
cannabis
234
People who are considered dishonest or insincere
27
pudding
576
Shape
389
SHIFT
355
gruff
333
Fourth of July
187
touch
964
directory enquiries
176
bear down
203
industrial estate
84
the dawn chorus
132
shawl
197
sailboating
51
absolute majority
177
faun
203
undergo
788
Specific illnesses
121
thesis
376
bagpiper
72
cock-a-hoop
290
char
364
lipstick
213
fall guy
249
ability
743
Facilities
161
photosensitive
114
thousandth
91
Inaugural
87
hospice
208
jamaican
255
Contributing
221
boss
870
slump
435
photosynthesis
191
esports
112
go down
425
televangelist
127
sufferer
175
overlook
799
viticulture
104
Worthless
286
Protocol
73
unsuspected
103
multilingual
134
absolute zero
167
boer
171
boomer
144
materialize
219
metric
606
beast of burden
197
Persistence
148
upstream
106
multilingualism
77
short circuit
123
come in for
185
environmental
272
lpo
63
forward-looking
143
recently
598
publicity
404
bound
919
Calamity
197
dreary
239
jigsaw
205
genres
98
draper
171
unattractive
178
-phile
114
Lunge
189
cleft sentence
82
Crown Princess
195
ride something ↔ out
105
neural network
165
Unsolved
196
Observance
160
engraver
119
arian
55
cruise missile
212
shikari
93
furore
288
take (a) hold
73
potential
761
fire
663
lash
344
consecutive
389
Beam
300
manipulate
473
gill
209
http
121
scum
242
oman
131
footrest
170
rite
227
bulk
754
jazz
827
Obey
481
Thug
213
Deed
212
Former
252
pretty
742
pyramid
220
programme
437
columnist
201
drizzle
276
prosody
163
Tucked
87
cme
86
groundhog
206
canoe
745
centimetre
827
payable
117
gross domestic product
201
First
279
Carnivorous
70
beanfeast
120
successive
779
combination
885
sovereign
337
curlew
167
cession
169
vga
119
charlady
97
colliery
299
stoop
679
chew sth up
105
super
613
Appreciate
462
inspire
741
harmony
753
extraneous
234
Tech
268
nanopublishing
100
exigencies
116
Initiative
528
pauper
162
fire sth off
106
hook
663
crossfire
204
tailor
825
Acceptable
429
venturesome
164
unforgiving
385
left-handed
177
Play along
93
turbanned
76
upperclasswoman
91
Propaganda
312
unacceptable
480
protest
863
ottawa
98
Plunging
95
bond
881
Seat
386
carbon monoxide
188
accessible
583
yang
125
fumes
340
crawl
762
interestingly
109
meningitis
124
pornography
669
cleat
209
matters
106
crew neck
176
Merely
215
adventure
891
carriageway
300
Rewarding
153
traditionalist
128
drawn-out
464
skyward
87
enquirer
78
pioneering
231
sulphur
553
toughen
129
telephone
190
violin
675
To cheat or trick someone
18
Provoke
415
Grow
353
apprehensive
388
driving range
212
strength
759
contextualize
269
distinctive
473
torpidness
62
impersonation
246
upper class
88
consummation
192
short-termism
121
Senescence
3
sign over
23
Competitive
336
assaulted
12
insurgency
116
chamber pot
203
sign for
24
Palette
10
single-handed
242
hotlink
57
program
850
AlLure
32
trawl
138
pardon
204
armaments
135
scurrilous
94
altitude
683
inconceivable
431
generalize
345
El Salvador
75
element
835
think out
94
Exhale
193
crowning
183
fighter
181
heartbroken
154
risqué
112
obstruct
360
commensalism
143
graduate school
157
flamboyantly
116
cityscape
226
Explorer
373
wine glass
126
Sahara, the
73
flesh-coloured
185
grandpa
180
relevant
1032
single-handedly
213
factor
828
infinitesimal
229
Eugenics
27
water sports
109
feistier
102
bottoms
87
uncalled for
137
Quintessence
54
baby buggy
206
rubber stamp
140
immediately
1786
CONGESTION
151
strangely
171
Shannon, the
96
live through
128
word processor
104
Misconstrued
65
can
511
Ruritania
101
vacillation
70
vault
255
yarn
300
unflagging
110
thirtysomething
111
grand piano
175
rubble
413
knee
618
with every fibre of your being
31
covered
243
deifies
86
date rape
213
agriculture
841
anyway
552
recline
217
hyped up
174
Funerary
131
Bill
364
go around round in circles
130
Pomp
66
house
491
blouson
93
Back out
221
stiff
748
provision
813
decal
212
scandalmonger
212
within
609
weasel
268
hot cross bun
34
disc jockey
188
depthless
82
Lipstick
284
Decorum
132
doodlebug
135
Niche
274
Breakthrough
437
Orthodox
86
youtube
69
collectivize
196
Gun
306
Illegitimate
261
unnamed
100
Intimidating
262
evaporate
690
intervention
409
psychiatrist
202
quadriplegic
95
ingénue
102
Prototypical
244
entrant
189
submissive
517
rearrange
303
bankers-draft
106
recognition
735
Wednesday
135
forester
163
Balcony
334
flesh-colored
143
exemplifies
74
detail
828
accurate
937
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
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