account n. 1.计算;账;账目;账户;计算书,账单;报告书,报表。 2.说明,解释;记事,故事。 3.理由,原因。 4.重要性;考虑;价值;利益。 an open account 来往账目,未结算账目。 Bad things can be turned to good account . 坏事可以变成好事。 Accounts differ. 言各不同。 Ask an account 请求付账;请求回答。 Balance accounts with 与…结清各账。 Bring [call] to account 责问,质问,要求说明。 By all accounts 据大家所说。 Cast account 计算。 Charge (a sum) to sb.'s account 记某人账。 Close an account with 与…停止交易。 Find no account in 不合算。 Find one's account in 因…得利[好处]。 For account of 为…代销。 From all accounts 从各种说法来估计。 Give a bad [poor] account of 〔俚语〕贬责。 Give a good account of 1. 夸奖。 2. 〔口语〕打败;【打猎】打死。 Give a good [bad] account of oneself 1. 付[未]清欠账。 2. 表现好[糟],做成功[失败] (He has not given a good account of himself in battle. 他在战场上表现得不英勇)。 Give an account of 报告,叙述,记述,说明。 Go to one's (long) account 死。 Hand in one's accounts 死。 Hold… in great account 极重视。 Hold … of much account 看重,重视。 Hold … of no account 看轻,藐视。 In account with 与…有生意来往。 Joint account 共同计算。 Keep accounts 1. 记账,入账,登账。 2. 做会计员。 Keep account with 与…继续交易。 Lay one's account with 预期,期望;考虑,斟酌。 Leave (it) out of account 不把…打在数内,不顾,不考虑。 Make (much) account of 重视,看重。 Make little [no] account of 轻视,看轻。 Of (much) account 重要的 (man of account 要人)。 Of no account 不重要的,无价值的。 On account 先付,暂付 (pay five pounds on account 先付五镑)。 On account of 因为,因。 On all accounts = on every account 无论如何,总之。 On any account 无论如何。 On no account = not … on any account 决不,总不。 On a person's [one's] account 1. 以某人[自己]费用。 2. 为了某人[自己]。 On one's own account 1. 为自己(利益)打算。 2. 依靠自己;自行负责。 On this [that] account 因此,于是。 Open an account with 与…开一往来户头;开了…的头。 Pay … on account 把…付作定钱。 Place [pass] to the account of 并入…账内。 Render an account 1. 分辩,辩解。 2. 决算报告。 Sale on account 赊销。 Send in an account 报账。 Send in accounts 报销。 Settle [square] accounts 结算,清算。 Short accounts make long friends.账目常清,友谊长存。 Take account of = take into account 考虑,斟酌,计及 (take the interests of the whole into account 顾全大局。 Take the whole situation into account 统筹全局)。 Take no account of 不考虑,不计及,无视。 The great [last] account 最后的审判。 Turn … to (good) account 利用。 vt. 认为…如何〔后接受词及补语〕。 Be much [little] accounted of 被重[轻]视。 He accounts himself well paid. 他认为自己的报酬不坏。 Account oneself happy 自以为幸福。 vi. 说明。
account for 1.证明,说明;由于 (How do you account for it 你如何说明它呢? There is no accounting for taste(s). 人各有所好)。 2.说明(银钱等的)用途。 3.打死,打落(敌机);【体育】得(几)分。
The delawares have given me my name, not so much account of a bold heart, as on account of a quick eye . 特拉华人给了我浑名,并不是因为我大胆勇敢,而是由于我眼尖腿快而起的。
There is no doubt that it is a most effective agent in warfare, on account of the prolonged uncertainty which it creates . 由于它造成长时间的不安定感,所以无疑是一种最有效的战争工具。
He asked for a margin of at least thirty percent over the german fleet on account of expected losses in the passage . 他认为在打开通路时,难免要遭受损失,因此,要求至少有超过德国舰队30的富裕船只。
Partly on account of this division between them, and partly on other accounts sir morbury and his lady led a troubled life . 一则是由于他们之间的这种分歧,一则是由于其他原因,莫布里爵士和他的夫人过得很不融洽。
And on account of the necessity for numerous offspring, the custom of one man having several wives was at that time blameless . 于是,由于需要有众多的后继者,一个人拥有许多妻子的风俗,在那个时代就是无可厚非的。
On account of his family and position he was considered also the most desirable of all the young eligible bachelors in lycurgus . 由于他的家庭和他自己的地位关系,他被看作莱科格斯所有够格的年轻单身汉中间最受欢迎的一个。
My courage broke down, and one cold, stormy night i took wing, flying well inland on account of the strong easterly gales . 我的勇气消失了。在一个风雨交加的寒夜,我终于展翅起飞了,那天东风刮得很紧,我便乘风向内陆飞去。
Aldehydes and other carbonyl compounds are most easily polymerized by essentially anionic mechanisms on account of the stability of alkoxide ions . 醛类和其他的羰基化合物,由于烷氧基离子的稳定性,最容易通过本质上是负离子的机理进行聚合。
The aircraft could certainly accomplish the task under reasonably conditions, the weather outlook was exceptionally favourable on account of the strong following wind . 那架飞机在适当的条件下是一定可以完成任务的,由于有强烈的顺风,预测到的天气是特别有利的。