why

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why 為什么

來(lái)自PIE*kwo,印歐語(yǔ)疑問(wèn)代詞根，詞源同who,where,why,how.

why: why: [OE] Why goes back to Indo-European *qwei, the locative case of the interrogative base *qwo- (source of English what and who). This passed into prehistoric Germanic as *khwī, which has since died out in all the Germanic languages apart from Danish (hvi) and English (why).
why (adv.): Old English hwi, instrumental case (indicating for what purpose or by what means) of hw?t (see what), from Proto-Germanic adverb *hwi (cognates: Old Saxon hwi, Old Norse hvi), from PIE *kwi- (source of Greek pei "where"), locative of *kwo- "who" (see who). As an interjection of surprise or emphasis, recorded from 1510s. As a noun, "cause, reason" from c. 1300.

1. You flatter yourself. Why would we go to such ludicrous lengths?: 你真自以為是。我們?yōu)槭裁匆M(fèi)那么大的力氣？

2. Why are Geography, Drama, Art and English in the ascendant?: 為什么地理、戲劇、藝術(shù)和英語(yǔ)逐漸受寵？

3. He wonders why the digits on his calculator slope to the right.: 他不明白為什么他的計(jì)算器上面的數(shù)字向右傾斜。

4. Why not retrain for a job which will make you happier?: 為什么不接受新的培訓(xùn)，找一份讓你更快樂(lè)的工作？

5. Why should a great community like a university be afraid of nihilism?: 為什么像大學(xué)這樣人才濟(jì)濟(jì)的社區(qū)要害怕虛無(wú)主義呢？