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问两位老人，也道不出个所以然来。Asked two elderly, Road no- whys and wherefores.

每一笔一画，都有其作用，千万别不知其所以然而为之。Everything has a function. Don't draw without knowing why.

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不问所以然，只是把失业的存在作为前定条件。Do not ask why, just take it as given that there is unemployment.

至于为何所以然的问题我不想做进一步的解释。I am not going to go further I am not going to try to explain why.

我想要同她争辩说有，但却从来也说不出个所以然。I would argue that it does, but I would never get anywhere with that.

上大学的时候，初到宿舍总觉得少了点什么，但又说不出个所以然。University, just does not feel that what went quarters, but not a whys and wherefores.

学习数学要多做习题，边做边思索。先知其然，然后知其所以然。Learn math to do more exercises, do while thinking. Learning first, and then know the why.

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朱利亚姨妈接连向坐在旁边的人打听加布里埃尔刚才说了些什么，却没有问出个所以然来。Auntie Julia vainly asked each of her neighbours in turn to tell her what Gabriel had said.

除非对用黑人做封面的书做大力市场推广，我不认为有人能说出个所以然。I don't think anyone can know until books with black faces on them get a big marketing push.

我觉得爷爷和过去不太一样了，却又说不出一个所以然来。I thought there was something different about Grandpa but couldn't quite put my finger on it.

咱们抓了小妖女详加拷问，定能问出个所以然来。We grasped small monster petticoat detailed increase to cross-examine, can certainly ask a why.

我很喜欢现代艺术，挺好的。但是我不能像其他人那样流利地说出艺术品的所以然来。I enjoyed it. It was nice, but I could not speak eloquently about the pieces like everyone else.

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我很早就明白知其然和知其所以然的区别。I learned very early the difference between knowing the name of something and knowing something.

目前我们一些从事学生品德教育的人员大多局限于“知其然不知其所以然”的感性认识阶段。At present some of people who are engaged of students' moral education are mostly limited to be geist stage.

如果答案是否定的,它将需要更有力的论据,去证明出个所以然If the answer turns out to be no, it's going to take some sustained argument to settle it one way or the other.

穿过迷雾，我有时看到破烂的房屋上插着红旗，还有不知其所以然的开发。Through the haze I picked out the occasional red flag among rather ramshackle housing and nondescript developments.

但什么是原汁原味的北欧风格呢，许多人却说不出个所以然。But anything is original taste and flavor northern Europeanism Tartan, many people actually cannot say a reason why.

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我觉得爷爷和过去不太一样了，却又说不出一个所以然来。We stayed busy working. I thought there was something different about Grandpa but couldn't quite put my finger on it.

他们所有的人都有注册账户，但是他们创建完账户之后就将它束之高阁了，他们自己也说不出个所以然来。While all of them had accounts, they hadn't used them since they created them and they couldn't figure out why they would.

“将收取到的邮件归档”或者“标准输出”选项尤其让人心烦，可我却说不出个所以然来。The options to dump fetched mail to a mailbox file or standard output particularly bothered me, but I couldn't figure out why.