wherefore

He was angry, wherefore I was afraid to ask him.

他发火了, 所以我不敢去问他。

I know not wherefore it befell.

我不知道为什么变成这个样子。

We must always go into the whys and wherefores of anything.

我们对任何事情都问一个为什么。

Wherefore did you go there?

你为什么去那儿?

I don’t really want to know all the whys and the wherefores. Just tell me what happened.

我无意了解前因后果。你诉我发生了什么事。