为什么不

Why should he feel so possessive about some old photos?

他为什么如此不希望将一些旧照片给别人看？

Why don’t you try to solve the problem instead of scoring points over each other?

你们为什么不尽力去解决问题而互相拆台？

Why do not you climb down and apologize?

你为什么不认错道歉?

Why do you always take your annoyance out on me?

为什么你不高兴对我出气?

I don't know why caffeine's suddenly got such a bad rep.

我不知道为什么咖啡因突然得了这么个坏名声。

You need a break. Why not take a fortnight off from work?

你需要休息, 为什么不休假两周?

Their football team bowed out of the competition with unknown reasons.

不知道为什么他们足队退出了比赛。

I don’t understand television’s current obsession with cookery programmes.

我不明白为什么现在电视里有如此多烹饪节目。

"Why don't you pack in, when you feel dizzy?"

你在头晕为什么不停止工作?

Why don't you stop for supper?

你为什么不留下来吃?

Ted wondered why he was wanted by the police, but he went to the station yesterday.

特德不知道为什么警察局要他去,但昨天他去了。

I know not wherefore it befell.

我不知道为什么变成这个样子。

There’s no point in us reinventing the wheel. Why can’t we just leave things as they are?

我们根本没有必要进行无谓的重复，为什么不维持现状？

I don’t know why I check all the locks every time I leave the house. It’s force of habit, I suppose.

我不知道为什么每次出门都要把所有的门锁检查一遍，我想出于习惯吧。

Up and down the country - Why not throughout the nation? Used when a politician needs to appear statesmanlike and non-partisan.

举国上下—-为什么不干脆说全国？政治家想要显得特别重要、特别有风度的候酷爱此词。

Steve Kloves, the scriptwriter, stated during a writers' conference that he wrote it as "Greek chappie," but that it was somehow changed to "Irish chappie" during filming.

电影的编剧斯蒂夫·克劳夫斯（不知道他的名字否这样叫…）在作者协商会上说他写做了“希腊的家伙”，可不知道为什么在电影里改成了“爱尔兰的家伙”。

A blacksmith once said to me, when…asked why her was not both blacksmith and whitesmith, "The smith that will meddle with all things may go shoe the gosling."

有一回，我问一个铁匠，为什么不同兼做锡匠，他对我说：“样样都搞的工匠结果将一无所成。”

A blacksmith once said to me, when…asked why he was not both blacksmith and whitesmith, "The smith that will meddle with all things may go shoe the gosling."

有一回，我问一个铁匠，为什么不同兼做锡匠，他对我说：“样样都搞的工匠结果将一无所成。”