account的用法说明

■用作名词

1. [C]账目，账户：

Put it down to my account. 请记在我的账上。

The accounts show we have spent more than we received. 账目显示我们支出大于收入。

2. [C]描述，说明，报道：

You must give an account of your behaviour. 你必须解释你的行为。

Today’s paper carries an exciting account of the match. 今天的报纸刊载了这场比赛的精彩报道。

3. [U]原因，理由：

He is angry on this account. 由于这个原因他很生气。

4. [U]考虑：

You must take his inexperience into account. 你必须考虑到他没有经验。

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by [from] all accounts 据说，据报道，据各方面说

By all accounts their manager is very able. 据说他们的经理很能干。

on account of 因为，由于

The match was postponed on account of the weather. 由于天气关系，比赛延迟了。

on all accounts [on every account] 总之

It’s best to do so on all accounts. 总之，这样做最好。

on no account 绝不

You ought on no account to take part in that. 你千万别参与那事。

take account of 考虑，重视

We must take full account of this. 我们必须足够重视这一点。

take sth into account 考虑，注意

We must take his age into account. 我们必须考虑到他的年纪。

■用作动词

vt. 认为是，视为：

In English law a person is accounted innocent until they are proved guilty. 按英国法津，一个人未经证实有罪之前被视为无罪。

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account for 解释，说明：

He could not account for the missing funds. 他没法对遗失的资金作出解释。