what for

なぜ・何のために・何の目的で

what for の類語

why, wherefore, penalty, punishment, correction, pay, going-over, talking-to, reason, speaking-to, retribution, deserts, the why, payment, judicial punishment, well-deserved punishment, rebuke, explanation, disciplinary measures, the idea, judgment, reason for, discipline, reason why, dressing-down, the big idea, pains and punishments, penal retribution, pains, stated cause, for which, rationale, nemesis, underlying reason, for why, rational ground, scourge, excuse, penology, how come, from what cause, dressing, on what account, infliction, the wherefore, chewing, chastisement, piece, roasting, pretext, retributive justice, pretense, raking-down, condign punishment, jacking-up, bawling-out, cussing-out, reproof, reaming-out, reaming

例文

• She has beauty and what passes for intelligence.
  彼女は美人でしかも知性も備わっている。
• What accounts for the fact that women outlive men?
  女性が男性よりも長生きするのはなぜだろう。
• What accounts for these symptoms hasn't been discovered yet.
  これらの症状の原因はまだ分かっていない。

what for の言い換えを探すには

what for（なぜ・何のために・何の目的で）の類語・言い換え（パラフレーズ）を、日本語訳つきで関連度順に並べています。英作文の語彙を増やしたいとき、長文読解で本文と選択肢の言い換えを見抜きたいときに使えます。