why/how/who etc indeed?spoken used when someone has asked you a question, to show that you do not know the answer and you do not think there can be a satisfactory answer 是呀，为什么呢？/怎样呢？/谁？等〔表示不知道答案，并且认为不会有令人满意的答案〕 ‘Why would John have left without saying a word?’ ‘Why indeed?’ “约翰为什么会一句话不说就走了？”“是呀，为什么呢？”
why/how/who etc indeed?• The community service that is most interesting is by those who indeed are intellectually productive.• Actually science depends upon expert witnesses who indeed are not infallible.• And why indeed should gamesmanship not exist in disabled sport when it is rife everywhere else?• Meant especially for Prior Robert, I should hazard, who indeed thinks he chose her and ranks as her proprietor.
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