新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

account

英  [əˈkaʊnt]
    

[NOUN]

    NOUN. 名词
  • accounts

    1[C 可数名词] 账户

    If you have an account with a bank or a similar organization, you have an arrangement to leave your money there and take some out when you need it.

    双语例句

    例:

    Some banks make it difficult to open an account.

    有些银行把开户弄得困难重重。

    2[C 可数名词] 客户

    In business, a regular customer of a company can be referred to as an account, especially when the customer is another company.

    双语例句

    例:

    All three Internet agencies boast they've won major accounts.

    所有的三家网络代理公司都夸口说他们已赢得了大客户。

    3[C 可数名词] 账目

    Accounts are detailed records of all the money that a person or business receives and spends.

    双语例句

    例:

    He kept detailed accounts.

    他保存了详细的账目。

    4[C 可数名词] 报道

    An account is a written or spoken report of something that has happened.

    近义词

    report , description

    双语例句

    例:

    He gave a detailed account of what happened on the fateful night.

    他详细报道了那个灾难性的夜晚所发生的事情。

    例:

    According to police accounts, Mr and Mrs Hunt were found dead in their kitchen.

    根据警察的报告,亨特先生和太太被发现死在厨房里。

    PHRASAL VERB. 短语动词
  • accounts , accounting , accounted

    account for

    1[PHRASAL 短语] (数量、比例上)占

    If a particular thing accounts for a part or proportion of something, that part or proportion consists of that thing, or is used or produced by it.

    双语例句

    例:

    Computers account for 5 of the country's commercial electricity consumption.

    电脑占了这个国家商业用电的5。

    例:

    Pension funds currently account for around a third of all equity investment in Britain.

    退休基金如今大约占英国全部股权投资的三分之一。

    2[PHRASAL 短语] 导致 , 解释

    If something accounts for a particular fact or situation, it causes or explains it.

    近义词

    explain

    双语例句

    例:

    The gene they discovered today doesn't account for all those cases.

    他们今天发现的那种基因解释不了所有的病例。

    3[PHRASAL 短语] 解释

    If you can account for something, you can explain it or give the necessary information about it.

    近义词

    explain

    双语例句

    例:

    How do you account for the company's alarmingly high staff turnover?

    你怎么解释这家公司高得惊人的人员流动率?

    4[PHRASAL 短语] 对…负责

    If someone has to account for an action or policy, they are responsible for it, and may be required to explain it to other people or be punished if it fails.

    近义词

    answer for

    双语例句

    例:

    The president and the president alone must account for his government's reforms.

    总统必须对他的政府改革负责,且负全责。

    5[PHRASAL 短语] 列入预算

    If a sum of money is accounted for in a budget, it has been included in that budget for a particular purpose.

    近义词

    budget for

    双语例句

    例:

    The really heavy costs have been accounted for.

    这些巨额费用已被列入预算。

    PHRASE. 习语
  • by all accounts , from all accounts

    1据说

    If you say that something is true by all accounts or from all accounts, you believe it is true because other people say so.

    双语例句

    例:

    He is, by all accounts, a superb teacher.

    人们都说他是一名优秀的教师。

  • of no account , of little account

    1无足轻重的

    If you say that something is of no account or of little account, you mean that it is very unimportant and is not worth considering.

    双语例句

    例:

    These obscure groups were of little account in either national or international politics.

    这些名不见经传的组织无论在国内还是在国际政治中都是无足轻重的。

  • on account

    1以赊账方式 , 以分期付款方式

    If you buy or pay for something on account, you pay nothing or only part of the cost at first, and pay the rest later.

    双语例句

    例:

    He was ordered to pay the company $500,000 on account pending a final assessment of his liability.

    在对他的债务做最后的评估期间,他被命令预付这家公司50万美元。

  • on account of

    1由于

    You use on account of to introduce the reason or explanation for something.

    双语例句

    例:

    The president declined to deliver the speech himself, on account of a sore throat.

    那位总统由于嗓子疼拒绝亲自发表演讲。

  • on someone's account

    1为(某人的)缘故(而感到…)

    Your feelings on someone's account are the feelings you have about what they have experienced or might experience, especially when you imagine yourself to be in their situation.

    双语例句

    例:

    Mollie told me what she'd done and I was really scared on her account.

    莫丽告诉了我她做过的事情,我真为她感到害怕。

    2(不)为(某人的)缘故(而做某事)

    If you tell someone not to do something on your account, you mean that they should do it only if they want to, and not because they think it will please you.

    双语例句

    例:

    Don't leave on my account.

    不要因为我而离开。

  • on no account

    1绝对不

    If you say that something should on no account be done, you are emphasizing that it should not be done under any circumstances.

    双语例句

    例:

    On no account should the mixture come near to boiling.

    绝对不应该使这种混合物沸腾。

  • on one's own account

    1随(某人)自己

    If you do something on your own account, you do it because you want to and without being asked, and you take responsibility for your own action.

    双语例句

    例:

    I told him if he withdrew it was on his own account.

    我告诉他,如果他退出那么他要自负其责。

  • take into account , take account of

    1考虑到

    If you take something into account, or take account of something, you consider it when you are thinking about a situation or deciding what to do.

    近义词

    consider

    双语例句

    例:

    The defendant asked for 21 similar offences to be taken into account.

    该被告要求考虑类似的21起犯罪行为。

  • be called to account , be held to account , be brought to account

    1追究

    If someone is called, held, or brought to account for something they have done wrong, they are made to explain why they did it, and are often criticized or punished for it.

    双语例句

    例:

    Individuals who repeatedly provide false information should be called to account for their actions.

    反复提供虚假情报的人应为其行为而受到追究。

  • give a good account of oneself

    1表现很好

    If you say that someone gave a good account of themselves in a particular situation, you mean that they performed well, although they may not have been completely successful.

    双语例句

    例:

    We have been hindered by our lack of preparation, but I'm sure we will give a good account of ourselves.

    我们曾经为缺乏准备所阻,但我肯定我们会表现很好的。