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[英] [əˈkaunt] [美] [əˈkaʊnt] 生词本

n.

vi.

vt.

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1. N-COUNT （银行等的）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. 

  • Some banks make it difficult to open an account...

    一些银行把开户弄得很麻烦。

  • I had two accounts with Natwest, a savings account and a current account.

    我在国民威斯敏斯特银行有两个账户，一个储蓄账户和一个活期存款账户。

2. N-COUNT 固定客户，老主顾（尤指公司） In business, a regular customer of a company can be referred to as an account, especially when the customer is another company. 

  • Biggart Donald, the Glasgow-based marketing agency, has won two Edinburgh accounts.

    比加特·唐纳德，这家驻格拉斯哥的营销代理公司已赢得了两个爱丁堡的客户。

3. N-COUNT 账;账目 Accounts are detailed records of all the money that a person or business receives and spends. 

  • He kept detailed accounts.

    他记明细账。

  • ...an account book.

    账本

4. N-COUNT （书面或口头的）记述，描述，陈述，报告 An account is a written or spoken report of something that has happened. 

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

    他详细描述了那个灾难性夜晚所发生的事。

  • According to police accounts, Mr and Mrs Hunt were found dead on the floor of their kitchen.

    据警方称，亨特夫妇被发现死在家里厨房的地板上。

5. N-COUNT 解释;说明 An account of something is a theory which is intended to explain or describe it. 

  • This basic utilitarian model gives a relatively unsophisticated account of human behaviour...

    这个实用的基础模型较为简略地解释了人类的行为。

  • Science, on Weber's account, is an essentially value-free activity.

    按照韦伯的说法，科学在本质上是一种价值无涉的活动。

6. VERB 把…视作;认为 If you say that something is accounted a particular thing, you are reporting someone's judgment or opinion that it is that thing. 

  • The opening day of the battle was, nevertheless, accounted a success.

    不过，开战的首日仍被认为是成功的。

  • ...homosexuals, whose sexual behaviour is still accounted sinful by the church.

    其性行为仍然被教会认为是罪孽深重的同性恋者

7. See also: accounting; bank account; current account; deposit account; joint;  
Usage Note :

Do not confuse account and bill. When you have an account with a bank, you leave your money in the bank and take it out when you need it. When you have to pay for things such as electricity or a meal in a restaurant, you get a bill.

不要混淆 account 和 bill。account 指可存钱、取钱的银行账户。bill 指账单，如电费或餐费账单。

8. PHRASE 根据各种说法 If you say that something is true by all accounts or from all accounts, you believe it is true because other people say so. 

  • He is, by all accounts, a superb teacher.

    他是位有口皆碑的好老师。

9. PHRASE （尽管未必大获全胜但）出色地表现（自己） 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. 

  • The team fought hard and gave a good account of themselves.

    这支队伍奋力拼搏，表现出色。

10. PHRASE 毫不重要;无足轻重 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. 

  • These obscure groups were of little account in national politics.

    这些名不见经传的团体在国内政界无足轻重。

11. PHRASE 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. 

  • He bought two bottles of vodka on account.

    他挂账买了两瓶伏特加酒。

12. PREP-PHRASE 因为;由于 You use on account of to introduce the reason or explanation for something. 

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

    总统因嗓子不适而婉拒了亲自讲话。

  • A newly-married couple, he thought, on account of their walking so close together.

    看俩人走路时挨得这么近，他觉得他们是新婚夫妇。

13. PHRASE 从（某人的）角度；（尤指）设想处于（某人的）情况 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. 

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

    莫莉告诉我她的所作所为，我真是替她感到后怕。

14. PHRASE 因为（某人的）缘故 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. 

  • Don't leave on my account.

    别因为我就走了。

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

  • On no account should the mixture boil.

    切勿让这种混合物沸腾。

16. PHRASE 为了那个/这个缘故 You can use on that account or on this account when you want to say that something happens for the reason you have just mentioned. 

  • Wine is radioactive but few people stop drinking it on that account.

    酒是有放射性的，可是很少有人因此而戒酒。

17. PHRASE 根据(某人)自己的说法 If you say that something concerning a particular person is true by his or her own account, you mean that you believe it because that person has said it is true. 

  • He was by his own account an ambitious workaholic.

    据他自己所言，他是个雄心勃勃的工作狂。

18. PHRASE 作为个人地；为自身利益地 If you take part in a business activity on your own account, you do it for yourself, and not as a representative or employee of a company. 

  • She had plans to set up in business on her own account.

    她计划自己创业。

19. PHRASE 自主自愿地;责任自负地 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. 

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

    我告诉他，如果他退出，责任自负。

20. PHR-RECIP （与敌人或对手）决战，算账，了结恩怨 To settle accounts with an enemy or opponent means to bring your fight or quarrel to an end by defeating them. 

  • ...until the great day came when the Germans could finally settle accounts with the British...

    直到德国人最终能和英国人清算旧账的重大日子的来临

  • Their sleep is regularly disturbed by the sound of gunfire as criminal gangs settle their nightly accounts.

    他们经常被黑帮每晚火拼的枪声所吵醒。

21. PHRASE 考虑到；把…计算在内 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. 

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

    被告要求考虑到类似的21起违法行为的情况。

  • Urban planners in practice have to take account of many interest groups in society.

    城市规划人员在实际工作中必须把社会各利益集团都考虑在内。

22. PHRASE （对所做的错事）被要求解释并遭斥责，被问责 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. 

  • Ministers should be called to account for their actions.

    部长们应该对他们的行为作出解释。

相关词组：
account for 
Noun

1. a formal contractual relationship established to provide for regular banking or brokerage or business services;

  • "he asked to see the executive who handled his account"

2. the act of informing by verbal report;

  • "he heard reports that they were causing trouble"
  • "by all accounts they were a happy couple"

3. a record or narrative description of past events;

  • "a history of France"
  • "he gave an inaccurate account of the plot to kill the president"
  • "the story of exposure to lead"

4. a short account of the news;

  • "the report of his speech"
  • "the story was on the 11 o'clock news"
  • "the account of his speech that was given on the evening news made the governor furious"

5. a statement of recent transactions and the resulting balance;

  • "they send me an accounting every month"

6. a statement that makes something comprehensible by describing the relevant structure or operation or circumstances etc.;

  • "the explanation was very simple"
  • "I expected a brief account"

7. an itemized statement of money owed for goods shipped or services rendered;

  • "he paid his bill and left"
  • "send me an account of what I owe"

8. grounds;

  • "don't do it on my account"
  • "the paper was rejected on account of its length"
  • "he tried to blame the victim but his success on that score was doubtful"

9. importance or value;

  • "a person of considerable account"
  • "he predicted that although it is of small account now it will rapidly increase in importance"

10. the quality of taking advantage;

  • "she turned her writing skills to good account"
Verb

1. be the sole or primary factor in the existence, acquisition, supply, or disposal of something;

  • "Passing grades account for half of the grades given in this exam"

2. keep an account of

3. to give an account or representation of in words;

  • "Discreet Italian police described it in a manner typically continental"

4. furnish a justifying analysis or explanation;

  • "I can't account for the missing money"

体育

  • 1.计分
  • 2.得分
  • 3.用途
  • 4.说明

计算机

  • 1.会计；帐目；帐户
  • 2.账户

金融

  • 1.账目
  • 2.账户
  • 3.合伙人提款
  • 4.合伙人提款账户
1. I'd like to withdraw 1000 dollars from my savings account and put it in my check account.
我想从我的储蓄账户上提取1000美元转到支票账户上。

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2. I'd like to withdraw 1000 dollars from my savings account and put it in my cheque account.
我想从我的储蓄账户上提取1000美元转到支票账户上。

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3. "Auntie told me not to run," he explained,"on account of my asthma.”
“阿姨叫我不要跑，”他解释道，“因为我有气喘病。”

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4. A fire on the city gate brings disaster to the fish in the moat.; Innocent people get into trouble on account of others' misfortune.
城门失火，殃及池鱼。

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5. A interne should never,on any account,break his confidence.
实习医生无论如何都不能失去信心。

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6. Although much less experienced, he gave a good account of him self in the boxing match.
他虽然很缺乏经验，但在拳击比赛中仍大显身手。

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7. An overdraft resulted when a $1000 cheque was drawn against only $900 in the account.
当账户上只有900美元时你支取1000美元，那就造成了透支。

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8. Charge the expenses to my account.
在我名下下账。

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9. Charge the goods down to my account.
把这些货记在我的账上。

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10. Do not sell on any account until further advice.
在另行通知前切勿出售。

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11. Don't put off the party on my account.
别因为我把聚会的时间推迟了。

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12. Examine the account well before you pay it.
在付款以前仔细核对一下帐目。

来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

13. Has the account been checked through?
账查完了吗？

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14. Has the account been settled [cleared up]?
账清了吗？

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15. Have you taken all the variables into account in your calculations?
在你的计算中有没有把所有的可变因素都考虑进去？

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16. He betrayed all his friends on his own account.
他为自己的利益出卖了所有的朋友。

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17. He gave a cold-blooded account of the accident.
他冷静地叙述了这一事故。

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18. He gave a colorful account of life in Samoa.
他生动地叙述了萨摩亚群岛上的生活。

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19. He gave a long account of his troubles, with the implication that he needed financial aid.
他摆了一大堆困难，言外之意是需要补助。

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

20. He gave a summary account.
他给出了简要的说明。

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