account
n. 賬號;賬目,賬單; 賒購; 描述,解釋; 老主顧
v. 認為是; 解釋
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...
一些銀行把開戶弄得很麻煩。
I had two accounts with Natwest, a savings account and a current account.
我在國民威斯敏斯特銀行有兩個賬戶,一個儲蓄賬戶和一個活期存款賬戶。
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·唐納德,這家駐格拉斯哥的營銷代理公司已贏得了兩個愛丁堡的客戶。
Accounts are detailed records of all the money that a person or business receives and spends.
He kept detailed accounts.
他記明細賬。
...an account book.
賬本
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...
他詳細描述了那個災難性夜晚所發生的事。
According to police accounts, Mr and Mrs Hunt were found dead on the floor of their kitchen.
據警方稱,亨特夫婦被發現死在家裡廚房的地板上。
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...
這個實用的基礎模型較為簡略地解釋了人類的行為。
Science, on Weber's account, is an essentially value-free activity.
按照韋伯的說法,科學在本質上是一種價值無涉的活動。
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.
不過,開戰的首日仍被認為是成功的。
...homosexuals, whose sexual behaviour is still accounted sinful by the church.
其性行為仍然被教會認為是罪孽深重的同性戀者
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師。
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.
這支隊伍奮力拼搏,表現出色。
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.
這些名不見經傳的團體在國內政界無足輕重。
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.
他掛賬買了兩瓶伏特加酒。
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...
總統因嗓子不適而婉拒了親自講話。
A newly-married couple, he thought, on account of their walking so close together.
看倆人走路時捱得這麼近,他覺得他們是新婚夫婦。
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.
莫莉告訴我她的所作所為,我真是替她感到後怕。
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.
別因為我就走了。
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.
切勿讓這種混合物沸騰。
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。
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.
據他自己所言,他是個雄心勃勃的工作狂。
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.
她計劃自己創業。
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.
我告訴他,如果他退出,責任自負。
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...
直到德國人最終能和英國人清算舊賬的重大日子的來臨
Their sleep is regularly disturbed by the sound of gunfire as criminal gangs settle their nightly accounts.
他們經常被黑幫每晚火拼的槍聲所吵醒。
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...
被告要求考慮到類似的21起違法行為的情況。
Urban planners in practice have to take account of many interest groups in society.
城市規劃人員在實際工作中必須把社會各利益集團都考慮在內。
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.
部長們應該對他們的行為作出解釋。
1. a formal contractual relationship established to provide for regular banking or brokerage or business services;
2. the act of informing by verbal report;
3. a record or narrative description of past events;
4. a short account of the news;
5. a statement of recent transactions and the resulting balance;
6. a statement that makes something comprehensible by describing the relevant structure or operation or circumstances etc.;
7. an itemized statement of money owed for goods shipped or services rendered;
8. grounds;
9. importance or value;
10. the quality of taking advantage;
1. be the sole or primary factor in the existence, acquisition, supply, or disposal of something;
2. keep an account of
3. to give an account or representation of in words;
4. furnish a justifying analysis or explanation;
account, report
這兩個名詞的有"報道,敘述"之意。
explain, interpret, illustrate, clarify, account
這些動詞均有"說明"之意。
account for
導致,引起:構成決定性的或主要的因素
做出解釋,提出理由
by (或 from) all accounts
根據各種流傳的說法
call (或 bring) someone to account
要求解釋錯誤(或失誤)
give a good (或 bad) account of oneself
表現出色(或拙劣)
keep an account of
記錄
leave something out of account
未能(或不予)考慮
money of account
記賬貨幣
on someone's account
為(某人)著想
on one's own account
靠自己(的錢財)
settle (或 square) accounts with
與(某人)結清賬目
take something into account (或 take account of)
(在決定或行動之前)將…考慮進去
there's no accounting for tastes (或 taste)
(諺)蘿蔔青菜,各有所愛
turn something to good account
利用;善用
take account of
考慮到
On this account we should be more cautious on this voyage.
以此,我們應該在這次航行中格外小心謹慎.
Witnesses attested his account.
幾名證人都證實了他的陳述是真實的.
There is not the least element of truth in his account of what happened.
他對所發生的事情的敘述沒有一點真實性.
He has made several withdrawals from his bank account.
他從銀行賬戶上提了幾次款.
My father bought a new suit on his charge account.
我父親以記賬方式買了一套新西裝.