为什么不

Why do not you climb down and apologize?

为什不认错道歉?

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

头晕为什不停止工作?

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

需要休息, 为什不休假两周?

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

们为什不尽力去解决问题而是互相拆台？

Why do you always take your annoyance out on me?

为什不高兴时总是对我出气?

Why don't you stop for supper?

为什不留下来吃晚饭?

Why should he feel so possessive about some old photos?

他为什如此不希望将一些旧照片给别人看？

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

不知道为什他们足球队退出了比赛。

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

我不明白为什现电视里有如此多烹饪节目。

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

我不知道为什咖啡因突然得了这个坏名声。

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，为什不维持现状？

I know not wherefore it befell.

我不知道为什变成这个样子。

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

特德不知道为什局要他去,但昨天他去了。

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—-为什不干脆说全国？政治家想要显得特别重要、特别有风度的时候酷爱此词。

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

我不知道为什每次出门都要把所有的门锁检查一遍，我想是出于习惯吧。

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（不知道他的名字是否这样叫…）作者协商会上说他写做了“希腊的家伙”，可是不知道为什电影里改成了“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，为什不同时兼做锡匠，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，为什不同时兼做锡匠，他对我说：“样样都搞的工匠结果将一无所成。”