n.the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase `the whys and wherefores'

同義詞：why

Some Wherefores of English Inversions
On the whys and wherefores of E, P, and A.
miRNAs: whys and wherefores of miRNA-mediated regulation.
Independent Wheel Suspension-Its Whys and Wherefores
China in Latin America. The Whats and Wherefores, by R. Evan Ellis.
Systemic inflammation in heart failure--the whys and wherefores
The ways and wherefores of immediate placement of implants into fresh extraction sites: a literature review.
Patient dosimetry in radionuclide therapy: the whys and the wherefores
Practical approaches to low density lipoprotein oxidation: whys, wherefores and pitfalls.
Unsupervised pattern recognition: an introduction to the whys and wherefores of clustering microarray data.