Why

(noun.) the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase `the whys and wherefores'.

校对:谢尔比

• Why, the breeches-maker, said Bob Manners, speaking very slow. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• Why don't she come? 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• I don't see why you shouldn't like me to know that you wished to do me a service, my dear fellow. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• Why, the man was weary of you, and would have jilted you, but that Dobbin forced him to keep his word. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• Why, I was afraid of being shot, said Alvanly, very quietly. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• Why, my dear lad, I am even now courting the Nine, and turning Aristophanes into good English verse. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
• Why, I am a boy, sir, to half a dozen old codgers here! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
• But why should I not bear it as others have borne it before me! 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• Why were we ever told to bring navy revolvers with us if we had to be protected at last by this infamous star-spangled scum of the desert? 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• And is that why you would put tables and chairs upon them, and have people walking over them with heavy boots? 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.
• Why do you always avoid Mr. Tudor? 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• In that case why not question the housekeeper? 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• Why revive it? 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• Was it known why he stayed away? 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• Why can you no longer be a clergyman? 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.

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