Word · Frequency #38
whats
本质；事物
whats is the plural of what.
核心释义
作名词时较少见，多用于正式或学术语境。
The nature or identity of something, or the thing that 'what' refers to (as opposed to a person).
- 1.
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.
- 2.
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.
事物的身份,作为对“什么”问题的回答；由“what”指代的事物,与由“who”指代的人相对；什么；interj. 怎么；多么
用法In use
We need to understand the what before we can discuss the why.
用法提示：这里“what”作名词，指事物的身份或内容。
The report lists all the whats and the hows, but it says nothing about the people behind the project.
用法提示：“whats”是“what”的复数名词形式，指具体的事物或事实。
In this debate, the what matters more than the who.
用法提示：“what”作名词，与表示人的“who”相对，指被讨论的事物本身。
the what of sth
what 作名词，指某事物的具体内容或身份，常与 why、how 对举。
The what of the question is simple; the why is complicated.
问题的内容很简单，原因却很复杂。
the whats and whys of sth
what 的复数形式 whats 与 whys 连用，表示事情的具体情况和原因。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- the what and the why
- 事情的本质与原因
- Her book explains the what and the why of the new policy.她的书解释了这项新政策的本质与原因。
- the whats and whys
- 来龙去脉与缘由
- He laid out the whats and whys of the merger for the board.他向董事会详细说明了这次合并的来龙去脉与缘由。
- the what and the how
- 做什么与怎么做
- The training covers the what and the how of the job.这次培训涵盖了这项工作的内容与具体做法。
词族Word family
学习提示Learner notes
语法说明Grammar Note
作名词时，常与定冠词连用，表示‘本质、要素’或‘问题’。
高价值词汇High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
用法优先级Usage priority
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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