account
n.
1. 户头, 帐目
The policeman gave an account of the traffic accident.
警察叙述了交通事故的经过。
The accounts show we have spent more than we received.
帐目显示我们已经入不敷出了。
The company is our best account.
这家公司是我们的最佳客户。
2. 报告, 报道; 说明, 记事
3. 原因
4. 考虑
5. 利益, 重要性
Please give me an account of your trip.
请你告诉我你旅行的情况。
The accounts are perfectly in order.
帐目有条不紊。
v.
1. 解释
vi.
1. 报帐
He could not account for his absence from school.
他无法说清楚为什么旷课。
Too much rain accounted for the poor crop.
太多的雨水导致庄稼歉收。
vt.
1. 把...视为[O9][O8]
He was accounted a first-rate actor.
他被认为是一流演员。
He accounted himself lucky.
他自认为很走运。
He has been asked to account for his conduct.
他被要求解释他的行为。
His illness accounts for his absence.
他因为生病，所以才缺席。
In English law a man is accounted innocent until he is proved guilty.
根据英国法律，一个人未经证实有罪仍视为无罪。
A man is accounted innocent until he is proven guilty.
一个人未被证明有罪前，被视为是清白的。
I have an account with Midland Bank.
我在米德兰银行开有户头。
He turned his artistic gifts to good account by becoming a sculptor.
他发挥艺术天才, 成了雕刻家.
I've never been there but it is, by all accounts, a lovely place.
我从来没去过那个地方, 人家都说那地方很好.
Our team gave a splendid account of themselves to win the match.
我们队表现出色, 赢了那场比赛.
同义词
n. 帐目,帐单
n. 故事;理由;叙述
其他：exposition saga consequence log invoice list appraise reason
sake entry story anecdote explication record menu chronicle statement
version biography sum yarn information diary importance tale description journal
audit relation commentary
sake entry story anecdote explication record menu chronicle statement
version biography sum yarn information diary importance tale description journal
audit relation commentary
名复：accounts
account
vt. 认为...如何[后接宾语及补足语]
Iaccount myself well paid.
我认为我得的报酬不少。
account
vi. 解释; 说明; [指数量等]占; 打死, 击落;【体】得(分) (for)
We can not account for his failure in the English examination.
我们无法解释他为什么在英语考试中未考好。
settle accounts
与...结清帐目, (跟某人)算账, (向某人)报复
accountfor
1. 说明原因, 解释
2. 说出(钱等的)用途, 交待(资产)下落
3. 捕获; 打死, 击落
4. (在数量上)占
5. 【体】得(分)
ask an account
请求付帐; 请求回答
balance accounts with sb.
与...结清帐目, (跟某人)算账, (向某人)报复
square accounts
与...结清帐目, (跟某人)算账, (向某人)报复
settle accounts with sb.
与...结清帐目, (跟某人)算账, (向某人)报复
according to all accounts (=by all accounts)
根据各方面所说
balance accounts
与...结清帐目, (跟某人)算账, (向某人)报复
according to all accounts (=from all accounts)
根据各方面所说
an open account
来往帐目, 未结算帐目