1·I'll give her what for if she does that again.
她若再这样做，看我怎么收拾她。
—— 《牛津词典》
2·Mrs. Hammond said. "What for?"
哈蒙德夫人问，“为什么谢我？”
3·Cindy: Then what for?
辛迪：怎么回事？
4·Mike: What for?
迈克：怎么回事？
5·That's how the monks can tolerate what for anyone else would be extraordinary pain.
这就是常人难以忍受的疼痛少林寺和尚却可以忍受的原因。
6·And now Milton's in the position of asking, "what for?" What's this all about? Look what happened to Edward king.
现在弥尔顿在问，“为了什么？”，这都是为了什么？，看看爱德华·金。
7·A key source of conflict among new parents is dividing up-and keeping score of-who does what for the baby and the household.
新父母之间的争吵关键源头被分为—谁为孩子和家庭的日常做过什么—记录在册。
8·What for us is a million years may just be a blink of an eye for someone flying in a high speed rocket or falling into a black hole.
对我们来说的100万年，可是对一个处在高速火箭中飞行的人，或者正在堕入黑洞的人的眼睛里，它可能只是极短的一瞬间。
9·For Empson, there's a kind of a fluid and easy movement back and forth between what for hermeneutics are three very different phenomena: author, text, reader.
对Empson来说，在作者，文本，读者之间，诠释学里认为这是三种非常不同的现象：，在三者之间有一种流畅的反复的关联。
10·Since the lawsuit centers around who did what for Facebook when, it seems absurd to think that Zuckerberg would publicly acknowledge Saverin with a lawsuit hanging over his head.
因为两人的官司核心是围绕谁为脸书做过什么事这些事实性问题，如果官司未结，扎克伯格就公开的承认萨维林为创始人之一，那就有些不合情理了。
1·You sold your car? What for?
你把车卖掉了？为什么？
2·I didn't know what for. But I knew darn well he was going to do great work.
我不知道他为什么，但我就是知道他会从事伟大的工作。
3·Soon as I open the door, you try to resist, what for? Get in girl, don't push shorty.
车门一开你就开始抵抗不愿下车，为什么？进来吧，别推搡了。
4·You know, I owe you an apology. B:What for?;
你知道，我得向你道歉。 为什么？
5·Ed, I'm sorry. - What for?
艾德，对不起-为什么？