wherefores
英['weəfɔːz]
美['weəfɔːz]
- n.thewhysandwherefores理由;原因
名词 wherefore:
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the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase `the whys and wherefores'
- Communists must always go into the whys and wherefores of anything.
共产党对任何事情都要问一个为什么。
- The new clerk takes too long over his work because he goes into the whys and wherefores of everything.
这个新职员做工作花费的时间太长,因为他对每件事都要问个为什么。
- I don't need to hear all the whys and the wherefores, I just want to know what happened.
我无需听那些大道理,我只想知道是怎么了。
- Tell me all the whys and wherefores.
把所有的理由和原因都告诉我