为了什么

"As here in our godly New England. Yonder woman, was the wife of a certain learned man, English by birth, but who had long dwelt in Amsterdam, whence, some good time agone, he was minded to cross over and cast in his lot with us of the Massachusetts."

那上边站着的女人嘛，是一个有学问的人的妻子，男人生在英国，但已经长期在阿姆斯特丹定居，不知为了什么，他好久以前想起要飘洋过海，搬到我们马萨诸塞这地方来。

Yonder woman, sir, you must know, was the wife of a certain learned man, English by birth, but who had long dwelt in Amsterdam, whence, some good time agone, he was minded to cross over and cast in his lot with us of the Massachusetts.

那上边站着的女人嘛，先生，你应该知道，是一个有学问的人的妻子，男人生在英国，但已经长期在阿姆斯特丹定居，不知为了什么，他好久以前想起要飘洋过海，搬到我们马萨诸塞这地方来。

Don't waste time agonizing over what might or might not work.

不要把时间浪费在为了什么可能或不可能的工作。

What's it all in aid of?

这是为了什么目的？

The aim of education is for what?

教育的目的是为了什么呢？

I cannot deny that I grieved for his grief, whatever that was, and would have given much to assuage it.

我不能否认，不管他的忧伤是为了什么，我都为他的忧伤感到忧伤，并愿意不惜一切来减轻它。

For what? Because I am afraid you are at risk.

为了什么？因为我怕你有危险。

It must be something particular, to take him there at this time of year.

他在这样的季节到城里去，一定是为了什么特别的事。

What exactly is it you look for in a baby-sitter?

你找保姆究竟是为了什么？

What did you buy the bamboo for?

你买竹子是为了什么？

But we don't care about Battlegrounds.

但我们并不在乎沙场中的显露。

Ah! don't mention it, the butcher's shop is a horror.

啊！不用提了。提到肉，真是糟透了。