It is a question of pride as much as anything else.
原因就是要面子。
新概念英語第三冊
Lesson 46 Do it yourself
?? 句中詞匯解析
從本句中提取的重要詞匯
n. 問題;疑問;懷疑;議題;
vt. 問（某人）問題;對（某事物）表示[感到]懷疑;
?? quest尋求，詢問+ion名詞后綴 → 疑問
"I can't easily give an answer to your question."
你的問題我難以回答。
近義：impugn, interdict, query, challenge, confute, doubt
反義：back, backstop, reinforce, second, support, advocate
n. 自尊;驕傲;自滿;（獅）群;
vt. 以…而自豪， 得意于…;
vi. 自豪，驕傲，得意;
?? 婆(p)會騎(ride)馬很 驕傲 p(prince王子)+ride(騎):王子騎著高頭大馬很 驕傲 網友：馬 勝 敏 補充：1：旁人（pr）成功時我自豪地拿著
"She was still young and in the pride of her beauty."
她仍然年輕貌美.
近義：imperiousness, insolence, insolency, arrogance, arrogancy, lordliness
反義：humbleness, lowliness, meekness, humility
adv. 其他;否則;另外;
adj. 別的;其他的;
"That proposal is nothing else other than a patchwork."
那個建議只是一個大雜燴而已.
近義：other, otherwise, unequal, unlike, different, dissimilar