account

account
noun
  1. a report or description of an event or experience
    报道，记述
    a detailed account of what has been achieved.
    对取得的成就的详细描述。
    ■an interpretation or rendering of a piece of music
    演奏（音乐）
    a lively account of Offenbach's score.
    对奥芬巴赫乐曲的生动演奏。
  2. a record or statement of financial expenditure and receipts relating to a particular period or purpose
    账；账目
    the barman was doing his accounts.
    酒吧男招待在记账。
    he submitted a quarterly account.
    他递交了一份季度账目。
    ■(Accounts)the department of a company that deals with such records
    会计科
    ■(chiefly Brit.)a bill taking the form of such a record
    (主 英)账单
    there's no money to pay the tradesmen's accounts this month.
    这个月没有钱支付零售商的账单。
  3. an arrangement by which a body holds funds on behalf of a client or supplies goods or services to them on credit
    账户；赊购账
    a bank account.
    银行账户。
    charge it to my account.
    记在我的账上。
    I began buying things on account.
    我开始赊购物品。
    ■a client having such an arrangement with a supplier
    （记账交易）客户
    selling bibles to established accounts in the North.
    将《圣经》卖给北方的记账交易老客户。
    ■a contract to do work periodically for a client
    （定期结付的）交易合同
    another agency were awarded the account.
    又一家代理商得到了合约。
    ■(Stock Exchange, Brit.)a fixed period on a stock exchange, at the end of which payment must be made for stock that has been bought
    (股票 英)账期交易期
  4. [mass noun]importance
    重要性
    money was of no account to her.
    金钱对她无关紧要。
verb
  1. [with obj. and complement]consider or regard in a specified way
    认为，看作
    her visit could not be accounted a success.
    她的访问算不上成功。
    he accounted himself the unluckiest man alive.
    他认为自己是世上最倒霉的人。
  2. [no obj.](archaic)give or receive an account for money received
    (古)报账
    after 1292 he accounted to the Westminster exchequer.
    1292年以后他就向威斯敏斯特税务署报账。
常用词组
by (或 from) all accounts
  1. according to what one has heard or read
    根据各种流传的说法
    by all accounts he is a pretty nice guy.
    据说他是个非常好的人。
call (或 bring) someone to account
  1. require someone to explain a mistake or poor performance
    要求解释错误（或失误）
give a good (或 bad) account of oneself
  1. make a favourable (or unfavourable) impression through one's performance
    表现出色（或拙劣）
keep an account of
  1. keep a record of
    记录
leave something out of account
  1. fail or decline to consider a factor
    未能（或不予）考虑
money of account
  1. denominations of money used in reckoning but not current as coins
    记账货币
on someone's account
  1. for a specified person's benefit
    为（某人）着想
    don't bother on my account.
    不要为我多费神了。
on account of
  1. because of
    因为，由于
on no account
  1. under no circumstances
    决不，绝对不
    on no account let anyone know we're interested.
    切莫让任何人知道我们感兴趣。
on one's own account
  1. with one's own money or assets, rather than for an employer or client
    靠自己（的钱财）
    he began trading on his own account.
    他开始独立经商。
settle (或 square) accounts with
  1. pay money owed to (someone)
    与（某人）结清账目
    ■have revenge on
    向…报复，跟…算账
take something into account (或 take account of)
  1. consider a specified thing along with other factors before reaching a decision or taking action
    （在决定或行动之前）将…考虑进去
there's no accounting for tastes (或 taste)
  1. (proverb)it's impossible to explain why different people like different things, especially those things which the speaker considers unappealing
    (谚)萝卜青菜，各有所爱
turn something to good account
  1. turn something to one's advantage
    利用；善用
语源
  1. Middle English (in the sense 'counting', 'to count'): from Old French acont (noun), aconter (verb), based on conter 'to count'
继承用法
account for
  1. give a satisfactory record of (something, typically money, that one is responsible for)
    （尤指对自己掌管的钱财）作出满意说明
    ■provide or serve as a satisfactory explanation or reason for
    解释；说明
    he was brought before the Board to account for his behaviour.
    他被带到董事会上为他的行为作出解释。
    ■(一般作 be accounted for)know the fate or whereabouts of (someone or something), especially after an accident
    （尤指事故发生后）查明…的命运（或下落）
    everyone was accounted for after the floods.
    洪水之后所有人的下落都弄清楚了。
    ■succeed in killing, destroying, or defeating
    杀死，消灭；击败
    a mishit drive accounted for Jones, who had scored 32.
    一个击球失误使得32分的琼斯落败。
  2. supply or make up (a specified amount or proportion)
    提供；构成（数量，比例）
    social security accounts for about a third of total public spending.
    社会安全保障占公共开支总数的1/3。
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