Grammar Note
作名词时，常与定冠词连用，表示‘本质、要素’或‘问题’。
本质；事物
whats — plural of what
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本质；事物
The nature or identity of something, or the thing that 'what' refers to (as opposed to a person).
We need to understand the what before we can discuss the why.
我们需要先理解是什么，然后才能讨论为什么。
作名词时较少见，多用于正式或学术语境。
事物的身份,作为对“什么”问题的回答
The identity of a thing, as an answer to a question of what.
由“what”指代的事物,与由“who”指代的人相对
Something that is addressed by what, as opposed to a person, addressed by who.
The report lists all the whats and the hows, but it says nothing about the people behind the project.
报告列出了所有是什么和怎么做，但没有提及项目背后的人。
In this debate, the what matters more than the who.
在这场辩论中，内容比发言者更重要。
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作名词时，常与定冠词连用，表示‘本质、要素’或‘问题’。
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
Collins 词频等级为 5，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
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