To argue for a cause-and-effect relationship, scientists must attempt to explain why and how a connection could occur.

想要证明因果关系，科学家们必须尽量解释这种联系可能出现的原因和方式。

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Before discussing how and why this might be, I ought to explain what psychologists mean by intelligence.

在谈论如何和为何这样之前，我应该解释心理学家关于智力的理解。

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More importantly I have to explain to them why we think this, and to admit to them that we don't yet fully understand how or why this happened.

更为重要的，我必须向他们解释为什么我们会如此认为，并承认我们至今仍然没有完全弄明白这场爆炸是如何发生的，为什么会发生。

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It has traditional stories and legends, some quite fanciful, Whose goal it is to explain how and why something is what it is.

它讲述了一些传统故事，有一些还极具想象力，它们试图解释事物的形成方式及成因。

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While the panelists highlighted several paradigms that come with infusing the traditional 10-K with environmental and social information, each had a common objective: To explain why they chose to publish sustainability reports and how they countered the challenges that emerged along the way.

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Keith Vaz, chairman of the Commons Home Affairs Select Committee, which is conducting an inquiry into grooming, has asked the council to explain why opportunities to act were missed and how individuals responsible would be held to account.

BBC: Steve Garner

Perhaps, not having spoken with another human being for some months, I was overly responsive, but I was happy to explain how a life jacket worked, and why the game of golf required many clubs, or how spiderwebs were made, or why I, yet another exhibit, lived here in this attic.

NEWYORKER: Wakefield