They asked why. Conversation has a flow.

追问原因。话匣子就打开了。

I broke away from St John, who had followed, asking me questions.

我从圣约翰身边挣脱着跑出来，跟在我后面追问着。

Harvard has always been a place to ask why.

哈佛一直是一个追问“为什么”的地方。

Ask him a question: it glances off, he obfuscates, he dances.

如果你追问，闪烁其词，似是而非，避开重点。

They may berate you with prying questions until you spill all your secrets.

可能会喋喋不休地追问你，直到你说出所有的秘密。

“How many words did you get today? ” the friend pursued.

“你天得了多少字？”朋友追问道。

" Did she say she was grieved? " he inquired, looking very serious.

“她说她伤心啦？”追问，很严肃的样子。

" Which is his rahm? " pursued the fellow, surveying the range of closed doors.

“哪一间是的屋子？”那个家伙追问着，打量着那一排关着的房门。

" But she, the baby, how is she? " cried Miss Betsey.

“她，孩子，她怎么样？” 贝茜小姐追问。

" A hollow tree? " repeated Harry. " What tree? Where was this? "

“一棵空心树？”哈利追问道，“什么树？在哪儿？”

What does this mean, Albus? Professor McGonagall asked urgently.

味着什么，阿不思？麦格教授急迫地追问。

" Did you indeed think I believed you were married? " she again demanded earnestly.

“难道你真的以为我相信你结婚了吗？”她急切的追问道。

" Come on, why not? " demanded Harry.

“啊，为什么？”哈利追问道。

" But Hogsmeade's a very interesting place, isn't it? " Hermione pressed on eagerly.

“但是霍格莫德是个很有趣的地方，对不对? ”赫敏急切地追问。

You don't think he'll ask us how they died?

你以为不会追问野人的死因吗？

The ladies were considerate enough not to ask when this would be.

她很能体谅男人的难处，也就不再刨根问底追问究竟何时结束了。

When I pressed the issue, he just waved me into his wooden chair.

我再追问时，只是挥手示我坐到木制椅子上。

I won't insist, sir, and I'll rest content with simply being flabbergasted at your results.

先生，我不想再追问，我只是对于样一种效果感到十分奇怪。

That day I pressed him no further. The Scotia's accident was undeniable.

一天我不再追问，斯各脱亚号的事故是不可否认的。

" But it would work, right? " Peter-One pressed.

“但样能行，对吧？”彼得追问道。